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Rebecca Masterson

Rebecca Masterson is Chief Counsel of Gen Justice, an award-winning charitable organization working to mend the broken child protection system through nonpartisan policy changes and a pro bono Children’s Law Clinic.

Rebecca Masterson writes we need more words than "neglect" in child welfare.

6/16/2021

We Need More Words Than “Neglect”

By Rebecca Masterson Matthew Ponomarenko dropped his naked one-year-old son, Jax, in the middle of a highway. Fueled by PCP and crystal meth, Matthew chased after cars, screaming at the drivers as they drove by.