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2013
An old evil born anew
In a women’s bathroom at a rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike this past Thanksgiving holiday weekend, travelers were reminded of a plague of the modern age that put…
An Unusual, But Appropriate, Way to Honor Nelson Mandela
On Thursday evening, I found myself honoring Nelson Mandela’s memory in a way that was unexpected yet so poignant. AJLI’s COO, Maureen Mackey, and I attended a brief holiday performance…
Let’s hear it for the world’s volunteers!
It’s something we often take for granted; something that is in our organizational DNA… volunteering is not only a “good” thing, it is a powerful force for change in our…
Ready for #GivingTuesday? (We are!)
After the heady consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s time to think about giving back, rather than taking. And that’s the whole thought behind the #GivingTuesday movement, which…
Passion with a Purpose
Last week I attended part of the Social Innovation Summit 2013, which was held at Stanford. I’ve been stewing about the fact that so many issues we, and many, many…
Dear New York Times, please call us next time…
Old stereotypes die hard. We were reminded of that obvious fact on reading an Op-Ed in The New York Times over the weekend that managed to drag one of our…
A Day to Remember
It’s called Remembrance Day in Canada (and in other Commonwealth countries) and Veteran’s Day in the U.S., but it all comes down to the same thing: the fighting that killed…
Is it time to give Halloween back to the kids?
Maybe. Let’s face it – this holiday has been heavily commercialized for years and, increasingly, is more often an opportunity for adults to party than a chance for kids to…
What were you doing on October 29, 2012?
If you’re from the Northeast, chances are you were preparing for Hurricane Sandy, little knowing that it would soon become the storm of the century (so far!). A day later,…
Beyond Cookbook Publishing, Chapter 2
We recently ran an article on an innovative fundraising initiative by the Junior League of Tyler that involved the publication and sale of a children’s book called “Goodnight Rose City,”…