The multi-Grammy Award-winner will headline Saturday's benefit for the 22-year-old nonprofit, which helps homeless and at-risk youths. 'I'm very moved by what they do at Doors of Change and honored to be able to be involved,' he says.
is president and founder of Doors of Change. He lives in Cardiff.
Justine Bethel was 16 when I met her. She’d been living on the streets since she was 12 to escape physical abuse at home. She was depressed and distrustful. For two months, she wouldn’t even look me in the eye.
Childhood experiences like Justine’s are far too common even without a raging pandemic. But as The San Diego Union-Tribune
reported this month, mental health and physical abuse cases at Rady Children’s Hospital and elsewhere are spiking, and COVID-19 is causing emotional and physical harm to our youth in alarming numbers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a 31 percent increase in adolescents seeking mental health-related care at hospitals.