The “Brown Paper” – a term that replaces the traditional “White Paper” for audiences of color — is titled Lifting Latinos Up By Their “Rootstraps:” Moving Beyond Trauma Through A Healing-Informed Framework for Latino Boys and Men. The paper outlines a framework for building culturally rooted and responsive policies and programming; provider network and capacity-building; and the transformation of systems from trauma- to healing-informed efforts. To view the Executive Summary of the report, please click here.

“My work for the past 30 years has convinced me that for healing to occur in Latino communities affected by poverty, crime and despair, men and boys must be reminded to look to their cultural roots. said Jerry Tello, NLFFI founder and 2012 White House “Champion of Change” honoree.