PinnedDestruction and Hope3 WThey say that timing is everything. What if you only had three weeks to act? Only three weeks to accomplish something big. To…Jul 26Jul 26
Pinned7th grade powerThe 7th and 8th grade Student Council leaders of Samuel Gompers Elementary School organized a gun violence prevention program after school…Mar 25, 2020Mar 25, 2020
Pinned“A community event, Growing beyond trauma,” at the Chestnut Hill LibraryOriginally published in the Chestnut hill Local Thursday, September 1, 2022Sep 2, 20221Sep 2, 20221
PinnedPhiladelphia Trauma Training Conference Inspires AgainWe know that gun violence, covd, and poverty put extreme stress on people. Working towards a better world, the 4th Annual Trauma Training…Aug 13, 2021Aug 13, 2021
Milestones, marking timeAs my 49th birthday approaches, I reflect on the years, the dreams, the losses. We often think of milestones as “big” things —graduations…Mar 27, 2023Mar 27, 2023
Holiday Reboot: encountering homelessnessAs a child on Thanksgiving, my parents, sister and I went to Texas’s George R. Brown Convention Center to serve turkey and stuffing to over…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Sports and Mental HealthThe beauty of Simone Biles’s Olympic performance 2021 is not only that she had the courage to speak up about mental health challenges…Sep 3, 2021Sep 3, 2021
“The Torah of Touchdowns”I grew up with a Dad who played professional football. People used to ask- really professional?Mar 16, 2021Mar 16, 2021