When someone hurts us or even worse, hurts our children, the anger can run deep. Legitimately deep. One of the knotted strings in the tangled ball of bullying is how our anger can eat us up. It takes up our…
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Our House, Our Home from Jika González on Vimeo. I’m so happy Jika Gonzalez, the creator of this piece, came to Staten Island to use her talents to tell the story of the Egers. Nothing I can say can add…
As we begin 2013 with hope, it’s ok to admit that the end of 2012 left the country, especially the Northeast, shaken. The destruction of Sandy and the horror of Newtown, left a wake of uncertainty, a feeling of powerlessness,…
As we think about the good and the bad of 2012, I wanted to share the much needed rays of hope and the stories of leadership that even in the bleakest times, give us reason to keep believing that people…
Volunteers from Hudson Valley Community College Troy, New York How They Came? After a student tried to get funding to bring a group to Staten Island and it fell through, the Hudson Valley Community College stepped up with the funds….
These are not ordinary times on Staten Island. For my neighbors in New Dorp, the days are full of feeling overwhelmed. It’s getting colder and confusion and sadness are growing deeper. You would think, though, that as the holidays approach,…
If you want to do something to help someone who has been devastated by Sandy, consider donating to Tory Johnson’s Hurricane Sandy Comfort Campaign, inspired by Bon Jovi’s words, “We may not have electricity, but we have power.” No other…
The date of my last post was October 29th. Since then, things have changed on our Island of Staten. I feel as if the Island has been through a war and everyone is shell-shocked. Kindness hasn’t been so important to…