WHAT: Noggin visit to MacClaren Youth Correctional Facility

We did it! Our thanks to Kathleen Fullerton of the HOPE Partnership and the inspiring young people we met with at MacLaren. Learn more at the link…

Making things, understanding why

WHERE: MacClaren Youth Correctional Facility, 2630 N Pacific Hwy, Woodburn, OR 97071

WHEN: Wednesday, January 23, **12:30p – 4:30pm**

“Because the brain is undergoing such rapid, fundamental changes at this stage of life, adolescents have a heightened capacity to learn and to [grow] out of risky behavior. Given an environment and supports appropriate to their developmental stage, most young offenders have the potentialto become law-abiding adults.” — The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience

We returned to make art with young people who had challenging questions, and are motivated and fascinated by neuroscience research…

Learn more at these links…

LEARN MORE: Youth get visual, hands-on experience with the brain

Corrections, Bias & Brains

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Jeff Leake, PSU/NW Noggin
Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
Emma Schifsky, OHSU
Nathali May, PSU
Taylor Stewart, University of Portland
Eileen Torres, OHSU
Sara Moreno, PSU
Brittany Alperin, OHSU
Aaron Eisen, PSU
Amanda Saideepane, PSU
Madison-Cho Richmond, PSU
Chandelle Bates, PSU
Cam Howard, PSU