By Laura Williams In the wake of the Newtown massacre, I grieved with shock along with the rest of our nation and world, but particularly with my fellow educators. The Monday after the Sandy Hook tragedy, I walked into my classroom and considered where I would hide my own students in the event of such […]
“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Hat and Mitten Tree for the IRC a Success!
Thank you to everyone who helped us this holiday season by collecting warm hats and mittens for refugee children arriving in Baltimore at the International Rescue Committee‘s resettlement center. This year our tree collected: 29 hats 54 pairs of gloves and mittens 5 scarves 5 jackets 14 pairs of socks Thank you for helping to […]
BLOG: Ring in the New Year with Kindness
By Stephen Gaede It’s the start of a New Year, and time to make New Year’s Resolutions. What’s yours? If you said to lose weight, get organized, or save money, then your resolution is in the top 10 list of the most popular resolutions according to the University of Scranton:
Resources for Coping with Tragedy
After the tragedy in Newtown CT, you might be looking for ways to help the children in your life process what happened. At the link below, parents, caregivers, and others will find resources to help children cope with the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary. Please click here for a list of picture books, videos and […]