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Today's guest is Rick Weissbourd, Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Director of the Making Caring Common Project, a national effort to make moral and social development priorities in child-raising and to provide strategies to schools and parents for promoting in children caring, a commitment to justice and other key moral and social capacities. Tune in to hear how college admissions intersects with these efforts.Bio:Richard Weissbourd is a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and he also teaches at the Kennedy School of Government. His work focuses on moral development, meaning and purpose, mental health challenges among teens and young adults and effective schools and services for children facing risks. He directs the Making Caring Common Project, a national effort to make moral and social development priorities in child-raising and to providestrategies to schools and parents for promoting in children caring, a commitment to justice and other key moral and social capacities. He leads an initiative to reform college admissions, Turning the Tide, which seeks to elevate ethical character, reduce excessive achievement pressure and increase equity and access in the college admissions process. He is also conducting research on how older adults can better mentor young adults and teenagers in developing caring, mature romantic relationships. He is a founder of several interventions for children facing risks, including ReadBoston and WriteBoston, city-wide literacy initiatives that were led by Mayor Menino. He is also a founder of a pilot school in Boston, the Lee Academy, that begins with children at 3 years old. He has advised on the city, state and federal levels on family policy, parenting and school reform and has written for numerous scholarly and popular publications and blogs, including The New YorkTimes, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today and NPR. He is the author of The Vulnerable Child: What Really Hurts America's Children and What We Can Do About It (Addison-Wesley, 1996), named by the American School Board Journal as one of the top 10 education books of all time. His most recent book, The Parents We Mean to Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children's Moral and Emotional Development (Houghton Mifflin 2009), was named by The New Yorker as one of the top 24 books of 2009. Follow Rick on LinkedIn.Visit our website at SignetEducationAccess free resources and learn more about Sheila and her team at Signet Education at signeteducation.com or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheilaakbar/.

Are you worried about your child's moral development? Richard Weissbourd dives into the meaning and purpose of mental health challenges among teens and young adults and the effective schools and services for children facing these risks. He is a founder of several interventions for children facing risks, including ReadBoston and WriteBoston, city-wide literacy initiatives that were led by Mayor Menino. 

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Richard Weissbourd to speak about achievement pressure. We discuss how parents can be mindful of the messages they send and how to prioritize children's well-being over external validation. Dr. Weissbourd speaks as to how collective action is critical to address systemic issues that are fueling achievement pressure.  Richard Weissbourd is a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Kennedy School of Government. His work focuses on moral development, the nature of hope, vulnerability and resilience in childhood, parenting and effective schools and services for children. He directs the Making Caring Common Project, a national effort to make moral and social development priorities in child-raising and to provide strategies to schools and parents for promoting in children caring, a commitment to justice and other key moral and social capacities. He leads an initiative to reform college admissions, Turning the Tide, which has engaged over 300 college admissions offices. This initiative seeks to elevate ethical character, reduce excessive achievement pressure and increase equity and access in the college admissions process. He is also conducting research on how older adults can better mentor young adults and teenagers in developing caring, ethical, mature romantic relationships.    He is a founder of several interventions for children facing risks, including ReadBoston and WriteBoston, city-wide literacy initiatives led by Mayor Menino. He is also a founder of a pilot school in Boston, the Lee Academy, that begins with children at 3 years old. He has advised on the city, state and federal levels on family policy, parenting and school reform and has written for numerous scholarly and popular publications and blogs, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today and NPR.  He is the author of The Vulnerable Child: What Really Hurts America's Children and What We Can Do About It (Addison-Wesley, 1996), named by the American School Board Journal as one of the top 10 education books of all time.  His most recent book, The Parents We Mean to Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children's Moral and Emotional Development (Houghton Mifflin 2009), was named by The New Yorker as one of the top 24 books of 2009.  To learn more about Dr. Weissbourd's work visit https://www.gse.harvard.edu/directory/faculty/richard-weissbourd

From the blog era of Boston hip-hop to now, Scoobz Frm Boston and Dom Leafy have seen it all!  On this week's episode, Scoobz and Dom came through to kick it with us and share their opinion on the current state of the Boston music scene and who they think is next to blow from the city. We also took a trip down memory lane, looking back at the Bandemic, our favorite eras of music & fashion, and the impact late Mayor Menino had on the Boston youth. We then wrapped up the episode by listing the Mt. Rushmore of Massachusetts hip hop. Enjoy the episode!Disclaimer: Apologies for any audio issues in advance. 6 people, 4 mics... that math wasn't mathing. Still a hilarious episode of BFTC nonetheless!Shop Brand New "BFTC Classic Tees": www.BadForTheCommunity.com/StoreWatch on YouTube for the Full Experience: https://youtu.be/TTYe9osVkdUTime Stamps0:00 - Chaos at Brockton High4:30 - Intro/ The "Magic" Chocolate7:00 - Was it easier to blow up in the blog era vs. now?19:50 - Which artist(s) are next to blow from Boston?29:30 - Being multi-faceted is a NECESSITY for the modern day artist41:00 - What Mayor Menino meant to the Boston youth48:00 - Looking back at the Bandemic/ Return of Shiesty Season58:15 - Favorite era of hip-hop music/ The sneaker game1:13:50 - The most influential Asians of the Black community1:26:50 - The worst era of fashion/ Fashion getting out of hand1:35:00 - Who's on the Mt. Rushmore of Massachusetts Hip-Hop?1:44:20 - Outro/ Shoutout to our sponsors/ Shop BFTC merchBad For The CommunityInstagram: https://bit.ly/45QSopCTwitter: https://bit.ly/3cnWAD8Scoobz Frm Boston (Special Guest)Instagram: https://bit.ly/3FZ3CN3Twitter: https://bit.ly/49C92LODom Leafy (Special Guest)Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QUSXJATwitter: https://bit.ly/3spjwNP Tomo (Prodbytomo)Instagram: https://bit.ly/3uXrFnLTwitter: https://bit.ly/2TLgIZFRob (The508God)Instagram: https://bit.ly/3x1ocWyTwitter: https://bit.ly/34OS4t9Yves (Saint Yves)Instagram: https://bit.ly/2RuJCfQTwitter: https://bit.ly/3cle17DNate (Nate Nics)Instagram: https://bit.ly/3z6MUXlTwitter: https://bit.ly/3wYIwIWe want to give a huge shoutout to our channel sponsor, DiasporaMass! DiasporaMass is a platform that highlights and elevates individuals within our community and culture. Make sure to give them a follow on Instagram (@DiasporaMass) and show some love

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss Jimmy Buffet, Bob Barker, Taylor Swift, Nielsen conspiracies, Mayor Menino, football season, the Toronto International Film Festival and much more.… The post Two Cents Radio: Episode #362 – Bodily Bootin’ Hog appeared first on Too Many Thoughts.

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss Jimmy Buffet, Bob Barker, Taylor Swift, Nielsen conspiracies, Mayor Menino, football season, the Toronto International Film Festival and much more.… The post Two Cents Radio: Episode #362 – Bodily Bootin’ Hog appeared first on Too Many Thoughts.

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss Jimmy Buffet, Bob Barker, Taylor Swift, Nielsen conspiracies, Mayor Menino, football season, the Toronto International Film Festival and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts

In this episode of Catalysts for Change, Jill talks with Rick Weissbourd, Faculty Director of Human Development and Psychology at Harvard Graduate School of Education. The director of the Making Caring Common Project, Rick's work focuses on children's moral development, on vulnerability and resilience in childhood, and on how to encourage and prioritize caring, compassion, and companionship among children in and out of school. Making Caring Common is ​​a national effort to make moral and social development priorities in child-raising and to provide strategies to schools and parents for promoting caring, a commitment to justice and other key moral, emotional and social capacities. As part of the Making Caring Common project, Rick leads Turning the Tide, a national effort to reform college admissions that has engaged almost 200 college admissions offices in promoting ethical engagement, reducing damaging achievement pressure in high school and increasing equity and access for economically disadvantaged students. Rick is a founder of several interventions for children, including ReadBoston and WriteBoston, citywide literacy initiatives led by Mayor Menino. He has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, CNN, The New Republic, NPR, and Psychology Today. He is the author of two books including The Parents We Mean to Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children's Moral and Emotional Development. We talk to Rick about perceptions of caring, achievement, and happiness for children and adults, the need for emphasizing care in our lives, and much more about his work with Making Caring Common. If you would like to learn more about Rick's work and about the Making Caring Common Project, check out the links below. Rick Weissbourd Biography The Making Caring Common Project Website Making Caring Common on Twitter

Boston City Councilor and Mayoral Candidate Michelle Wu joins Councilor O'Malley on the 71st episode of the O'Pod where they discuss her time working for Mayor Menino, the challenges of campaigning during COVID-19, what they'll miss about the Council the most, and their favorite spots in Boston to go during the pandemic.

On today’s episode of Catalysts for Change, Jill talks to Mitchell Weiss, Richard L. Menschel and Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. The former chief of staff to Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston, Jill talks to Mitch about his new book, We the Possibility. At Harvard Business School, Mitch teaches a course on Public Entrepreneurship and also teaches the Entrepreneurial Manager for first year students in the MBA program. Before coming to Harvard, Mitch was the chief of staff and partner to Mayor Menino up until 2014. While working at City Hall, Mitch was a major figure in shaping New Urban Mechanics, Boston’s municipal innovation strategy. Mitch also was on Mayor Menino’s staff during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, where he helped to oversee recovery efforts as well as implementing the One Fund to provide support to survivors. Today marks the release of Mitch’s new book, We the Possibility, which focuses on government and innovation. We talk to Mitch about the contents in the book, the importance of his concept of possibility government and the difference between probability government, and more. If you would like to learn more about We the Possibility and obtain a copy, you can purchase it on Amazon. Check out the resources below to learn more about Mitch’s work, We the Possibility, and more.  Resources  We the Possibility Website Mitchell Weiss’ Bio Order on Amazon Connect with Mitch

September 7-13, 1991 Today Ken welcomes librarian, podcaster and best all around Margaret H. Willison. Ken and Margaret discuss shortened versions of your name, feminine flowers, post it notes, ribbons, splitting the bill, The Appointment Television podcast, Northern Exposure, Homicide Life on the Street, Highlander the Series, Twin Peaks, The New Leave it to Beaver, Murder, Murder She Wrote, Permeable vs. Impermeable, Amateur vs. professional, Bringing Up Baby, Who's that Girl?, screwball comedies, Totally Hidden Video, being a family of nerds, Larry's thievery, classic radio, model train people, pretending to be somebody else, alter egos, Spaulding Grey, Herman's Head, Avonlea, Anne of Green Gables, Little House on the Prairie, Judy Bloom vs. Beverly Cleary, being a Private Eye, focus groups, Colombo, The Charles Stuart Murder case, Rescue 9-11, the late Mayor Menino, sidescrapers, cults stealing babies, The Last Prostitute, Night Court, Quantum Leap, The Simpsons, pop culture blind spots, The Office, Poirot, being accused of thievery, why Ken is a monster, Ferngully, yuppie aspirations, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Dragnet, The Ultimate Challenge, and the Legend of Spanky Spangler.

Joined today by the incredibly talented actor Kevin Chapman. Kevin stops by in full Patriots apparel, bragging about all of Boston’s recent championships. Chappy tells us how he went from working for Boston’s Mayor Menino to becoming one of America’s best known actors. Kevin talks about starting a “Sober Comedy Club” up in Boston and how he has stayed great friends with some of the funniest comedians today. We hear about how he prepares for certain characters, like when he attended the Baltimore Fire Academy for his Role in Ladder 49. Chappy tells us how it is on the set with Clint Eastwood, hanging out at Sean Penn’s house and leaving Hollywood to regain his Boston roots. From playing Detective Fusco on “Person of Interest” to collecting Boston sports memorabilia, Kevin Chapman shows why he’s much more than an actor, despite the fact that he takes a bunch of shots at me. Follow Chappy on twitter: @KevinChapman

The panel is back for a post-election show crush-loaded with over an hour of the latest transportation news and analysis, this time joined by the Walking Bostonian (Matthew Danish) to explain how the theory of induced (travel) demand applies to roads and transit in Boston. We learn about everything from our most frustrating transit line (hint: it's green) to efforts to re imagine a boulevard of death (Commonwealth Ave in Allston & Brighton) to an entirely new neighborhood about to be created in Allston -- if we get it right. November's show would not be complete without a recap of the election including the repeal of gas tax indexing, speculation on transit's future under Governor Charlie Baker and how we might build on the legacy of the late Mayor Menino. We also discussed: making Commonwealth Ave (Allston/Brighton) safe for people; Mass Pike straightening and the future West Station; restoration of some weekend commuter rail service; the Fairmount Line; South Station expansion and the North-South rail link; thinking about Hubway as part of the public transportation network; a lazy bike safety report; the Lynn ferry experiment; and potential transit solutions for the Seaport District. Audio Block Edit The Transit Matters Podcast is your source for transportation news, analysis, interviews and more. We focus on sustainable transportation planning, operations and policies in Boston and beyond. Transit Matters is a joint project of local transit enthusiasts Marc Ebuna, Jeremy Mendelson and Josh Fairchild. Read more about the podcast and send us your questions, comments and ideas for topics or guests >> contact us. Or share your thoughts on anything we discussed in the comments below. Like this project? Share it around, tell your friends and colleagues, and subscribe to the RSS feed (iTunes) to be notified of new posts and episodes.

Thomas Menino, former mayor of Boston, reflects with HGSE's Rick Weissbourd on his leadership role in helping reshape Boston schools and shepherding education policy over the past two decades.

While the Boston Red Sox prepare for a chance to win the World Series at home for the first time in almost 100 years, Matt Rury and Calvin Chamberlain are getting you prepared for the NBA season that starts tonight! That's right, it's all NBA all night and there is nothing Mayor Menino can do about it. Tune in at 9 PM EST as the guys get you ready to break out the peach baskets and knee high white socks! Call them on their rotary telephone at (347)-215-7771

A few weeks back, I was contacted by Jack Kelley, a former staffer for Mayor Menino, who blogs at Coffee with Caesar. He shared with me his post on the Occupy movement and asked if I would be interested in discussing. Since the post was so thoughtful, and hopeful about the Occupy movement, I said hell yea. I enjoyed having Jack in the studio and having a civil, thoughtful discussion about Occupy specifically and politics in general. At the end of the day, politico’s need to be able to state their case, make their points and agree to disagree. The Pundit Review Radio Podcast RSS feed can be found here and you can find us on iTunes at Pundit Review Radio. What is Pundit Review Radio? On Boston’s Talk Station WRKO since 2005, Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to the radio every Sunday evening from 6-9pm on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.

A few weeks back, I was contacted by Jack Kelley, a former staffer for Mayor Menino, who blogs at Coffee with Caesar. He shared with me his post on the Occupy movement and asked if I would be interested in discussing. Since the post was so thoughtful, and hopeful about the Occupy movement, I said hell yea. I enjoyed having Jack in the studio and having a civil, thoughtful discussion about Occupy specifically and politics in general. At the end of the day, politico’s need to be able to state their case, make their points and agree to disagree. The Pundit Review Radio Podcast RSS feed can be found here and you can find us on iTunes at Pundit Review Radio. What is Pundit Review Radio? On Boston’s Talk Station WRKO since 2005, Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to the radio every Sunday evening from 6-9pm on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.

**Today's host(s):** Scot Landry **Today's guest(s):** Brendan O'Connell and Marianne Luthin * [Life Matters TV](http://lifematterstv.com/) * [Pregnancy Help Boston](http://www.pregnancyhelpboston.org) * [Number of Abortions - Abortion Counters](http://www.numberofabortions.com/) **Today's topics:** Life Matters TV **Summary of today's show:** Brendan O'Connell talked with Scot about his widely available cable access program, Life Matters TV, that has had more than 300 episodes and can reach more than 1 million homes in Massachusetts. Marianne Luthin of the Pro-Life Office also discussed the various ministries of the Archdiocese helping women in crisis pregnancy and suffering from having had abortions. **1st segment:** Scot welcomed Marianne Luthin, director of the Pro-Life Office, and Brendan O'Connell, host of Life Matters TV, available on Boston cable access television. Marianne was one The Good Catholic Life show #8. Scot asked Brendan how he became involved in pro-life work. Over a 20 year period, starting in business school, he started to see how the public was deceiving the public purposefully and it bothered him. When he was about 35, he started dating a woman who'd had an abortion and got pregnant again. She was in law school and her parents offered to pay for school if she had an abortion. She instead had the child and started dating her when the child was 1-1/2 years old. When he moved back to Boston, he had written to a pro-choice Republican running for office saying that he would never vote for him and he ended up as a Mass. Citizens for Life chapter president. He realized the need to get our voice heard and our message out there. He said there were many people who could be convinced of the value of life. Scot said he often see intentional mischaracterizations of people in the media. Brendan said his show looks at life issue from legal, legislative, biological, political, and spiritual viewpoints. He had no idea when he began that life is being attacked at so many different levels, from the beginning of life to the end of natural life. Around 2050, he said, there is predicted there will be a dramatic decline in world population because of the initiatives against life. He had as a guest recently Don Feder who shared many of these statistics. Scot said there are many efforts our Church takes on life issues, including education through the media. Marianne said Brendan has had her on his program to talk about Project Rachel. Even though it's a secular program, she gets many responses from people who seek out help from the Church. Scot said leadership in the pro-life movement can't be easy. Brendan said he's been ostracized. Sometimes people in your own family won't talk to you. The program is in 1.3 million cable homes. He has realized that other side isn't on television, except through the occasional commercial. He realized that they have nothing to talk about except the process of killing people. He said one aspect that he's covered on the show is the economic impact of abortion, 53 million people in the US who are dead now who would have contributed to the economy. Brendan said the show is a tremendous sacrifice because he often take part-time jobs to support himself. Yet he's been invited to the White House as well. He wants to grow the program throughout New England and nationally. **2nd segment:** Brendan said the program came from wanting to have our voice heard. It was a struggle to get it on in Boston on cable access. They had filled out the application to the local cable access organization, but they couldn't get approved until Mayor Menino's former press secretary helped him get through the bureaucracy. He had a passion for getting the word out to people to change hearts and influence minds. Marianne said it's important to have such programs. We have only about 18% of Catholics in pews on Sunday and if you look at abortion statistics, you see that Catholic women have abortions at the same rate as the rest of the population. Cable access gives them access to the whole population, not just those who come to Church. The show airs in about 130 communities in Massachusetts, which is about 65% of cable viewers in the state. Being on cable access is good because people often are clicking through from local stations to other cable show and pass right by the cable access. By being low on the dial, there's a higher probability that people will click through and see the show. He has a lot of post-abortive women who confide their experiences on the show. He had a guest recently, Melissa Ohden, who survived an abortion. When she turned 14, her older sister was going to have an abortion and the adoptive parents revealed that Melissa was adopted. At 19 she sought her biological parents and 11 years later found out that she was aborted alive and survived a saline-infused abortion. She had many medical problems as an infant, but is fine now. There is a documentary about her, ["A Voice for Life."](http://www.avoiceforlife.com/) She also found out that her mother was coerced into the abortion and was more than 30 weeks into the pregnancy.  Marianne said the Pregnancy Help Center in Brighton works every day with women being pressured into abortion and it gets worse in a bad economy. They are often abandoned by the fathers of the babies. If even your parents don't support you, it leaves you in a very difficult situation. That is why the Church's work in pregnancy help is so important. More than 100 parishes across the archdiocese provide assistance in this area. Pregnancy Help is available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese at [PregnancyHelpBoston.org](PregnancyHelpBoston.org) or at 888-771-3914. Scot said 313 episodes of LifeMatters TV is very impressive. Brendan spoke of some of his favorites. He had Fr. Tad Pacholczyk on in 2004 to talk abouit embryonic stem cell research. This has been a frequent topic, including Fr. Kevin Harrington and Fr. Nicanor Austriaco. Mary Ann Glendon was also a guest on the show. He gives her credit for refusing an honor at Notre Dame when President Obama was asked to speak. He's also had Nellie Gray, Ambassador Ray Flynn, and Cardinal Seán. Brendan said Nellie Gray has a unique perspective on abortion, that they should be considered crimes against humanity. She is a key organizer of the March for Life, which brings hundreds of thousands of people every year and get almost no press coverage. How would someone get Life Matters TV on their town local's cable access station? Brendand assumes there would be one pro-life person in each town. Go to the Life Matters TV and become a town sponsor. It costs nothing to become a local sponsor; they just need to be the local person requesting it. They could become involved in raising awareness of the show, especially in their local parishes. Brendan takes care of most of the distribution, although a town or two may require the local sponsor be the one to bring the DVDs into the station. In the top 40 metropolitan areas in Massachusetts, they're all in but about 3 or 4 of them and he'd like to get in those as well. They would also like to get more than one sponsor for each town in case there's someone who moves. **3rd segment:** When we talk about the teachings on the dignity of human life, we should refer to Pope John Paul's encyclical Evangelium Vitae. He talked about the fact that our sense of the dignity of human life is undergoing an eclipse. * [Evangelium Vitae](http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031995_evangelium-vitae_en.html) In talking about the eclipse of the value of human life, everyone acknowledges there are some things that are very wrong. But the pope points out in abortion and euthanasia, we've got them upside down and our culture calls them human rights. >All this explains, at least in part, how the value of life can today undergo a kind of "eclipse", even though conscience does not cease to point to it as a sacred and inviolable value, as is evident in the tendency to disguise certain crimes against life in its early or final stages by using innocuous medical terms which distract attention from the fact that what is involved is the right to life of an actual human person. The challenge is to break that eclipse. Scot said the debate of the issues uses lots of euphemisms: Who isn't in favor of choice or women's rights? But who suffers more than the women, except for the babies? Marianne said in her work with Project Rachel she sees so much pain. It is a ministry to those who have undergone abortion. Many women have identified their entire adult experience around this pain of abortion. Yet everyone around them have said, "What's the big deal?" The woman is in grief from a loss that is never going to be completely reconciled. Scot said Planned Parenthood and others profit from this pain, sometimes using our tax dollars, and then use that money to market to other women. Scot said some people say that calling ourselves pro-life and not anti-abortion desensitizes people to the evil of abortion. Brendan thinks pro-life is a better term because it's optimistic. In fact, pro-choice as a term was a response to pro-life. They change the language to make it all palatable. Now abortion is only considered after implantation in the womb because Planned Parenthood sells contraception that itself aborts the baby by preventing implantation. Thus women are told it's just contraception and not abortion. The stress on a woman of taking an abortion pill, like RU-486, can even be greater than a surgical abortion. Brendan said research shows that it has a more devastating impact physically and psychologically. The reason is that the women are ingesting the pills themselves and don't have an abortionist to blame in their mind and they then don't have anyone to turn to. Also, it takes 3 or 4 days to work, but once the pill is taken it can't be stopped, which can be agonizing for a woman who changes her mind. Brendan pointed out that the pills also suppress the immune system, which is leading to illness and even death for women who take them. Marianne said the Centers for Disease Control released a study that has shown women dying from RU-486. Nevertheless the FDA approves the pill in the US. Scot said if the drug did not receive so much political support because of abortion, it would never be legal. Brendan also brought that a guest, Dr. Joel Brind, talked about the increase in the number of younger women having breast cancer. Many studies show that there is a real abortion/breast cancer link. Women who've had abortion have a much higher percentage of breast cancer starting ten years out from the abortion. It's primarily abortion of a first pregnancy. The women's breast does not complete development until the first pregnancy and with abortion the development is stopped abruptly and leads to the developing cells becoming cancerous. **4th segment:** Scot asked Marianne about some key initiatives in the pro-life office. The Archdiocese is one of the few US dioceses that runs its own crisis pregnancy center. They also run Project Rachel, a post-abortion ministry for women and men feeling grief and sorrow from an abortion. There is a network of priests who minister to them, they have counselors on call, and they provide a series of retreats. Project Rachel is at [ProjectRachelBoston.com](http://projectrachelboston.com/) or call 508-651-3100. Her office also overviews parish-level respect life education for students as well as parish baby shower programs to help provide support and resources for women who need help continuing their pregnancies. The Catholic Daughters of America every year do a ministry called Pennies for Life, where they collect pennies outside of parishes. They have raised $100,000 from pennies and provide those funds to various pro-life ministries.