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1-Never underestimate the transformative power of individual relationships. (1999 Cathy Hurst Belfast quoting the USA Ambassador to UK) 2-You are either part of the problem or part of the solution- You cannot be neutral and every excuse is a choice……
“IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE STORY” What story?” You ask. The story that says, “You are wasting your time trying to change anything.” The story that says,” Who are you to presume…..
War seems endemic to civilization, and in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Ukraine and other places around the world people are fighting right now for some of the same basic reasons they have for millennia. Access to resources often determines the victors in…..
By Laurie White Post dateFebruary 27, 2022 On Monday, Feb. 28, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich will be joined by Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando, Montgomery County Public Libraries Director Anita Vassallo, Montgomery County Department of General Services Director David Dise,…..
By Katherine Shaver February 25, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EST Washington Post Montrose Parkway in Montgomery County will be renamed Josiah Henson Parkway to honor the 19th-century Methodist preacher who became an abolitionist after escaping enslavement on a plantation in present-day North…..
By John Kelly Columnist Yesterday at 12:00 p.m. EST Washington Post As I waited to board a flight to Wilmington, N.C., last week, my biggest worry was whether I’d have to fight anyone for the last overhead storage space, given my cellar-dwelling position…..
“It is difficult / to get the news from poems / yet men die miserably every day / for lack / of what is found there.” William Carlos Williams LYUBA YAKIMCHUK Died of Old Age granddad and granny passed awaythey died on the…..
By Peace Corps Response JUNE 19, 2019 The Baba Yelka Project tells a story of Ukrainian culture little known to the public. Michael Andrews, a Peace Corps Response Volunteer in Ukraine, is using his photography expertise to connect with and help preserve…..
Shelly Tygielski NonProfit Quarterly February 21, 2022 S Click here to download this article as it appears in the magazine, with accompanying artwork. Editors’ note: This article is from the Winter 2021 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly, “We Thrive: Health for Justice, Justice for…..
By Julie Zauzmer Weil Feb. 14, 2022 Washington Post When The Washington Post published the first list of members of Congress who were slaveowners last month, the article included a call to action: Help us complete the database. Ruette Watson was among dozens of…..