“Wow…what a way to blow away years of stereotypes in one evening! Everyone should do this,” my 16 year old son said as we got into the car. He was talking about the Niagara Foundation’s Abraham’s Tent program. The motto of the program is “Open Doors, Open Minds and Open Hearts.” Starting in Ramadan,…
DetailsSomewhere between the roasted chicken and the chocolate chip cookies, we abolished global poverty and achieved world peace. And Ange found a wedding dress. It was an amazing dinner. Intercultural Parenting: Values in Action You would think with us already being a Brazilian/USAmerican and Jewish/non-Jewish family, that embracing values of intercultural and interfaith appreciation would…
DetailsAuthor Farai Chideya coined the term “Episodic Career” to describe Millennials in 2016. Morry Fiddler, PhD, Managing Member, President of Insight Medical Genetics, has been living it since he earned his PhD in Human Genetics in 1976. Insight Medical Genetics is a “comprehensive genetic testing practice. It provides personalized counseling and guidance for patients and referring providers,” for…
DetailsI’m not sure which has made this question more pressing for me…an imminent holiday weekend away with my mom in Manhattan (as in my mom and me, tied at the hip, same hotel room…for four days) or my upcoming 30th wedding anniversary to my husband. My mom and I are presumably from the same culture…
DetailsThis past March, one week before his 89th birthday, author and grandparenting activist Jerry Witkovsky was honored with Jerry Witkovsky Day in the Village of Deerfield. (Read about it here in the Chicago Tribune/Deerfield Review). This is the same Jerry Witkovsky who self-published a book in 2013, has over 1200 followers on Facebook and Twitter…
DetailsClearly someone who creates a “change leadership school” is not going to be intimidated by a little change. For Gustavo Razzetti, 50, change is actually “an addiction”—something that continually drives him forward. “Change happens,” says Razzetti. “Most often change happens from the outside. We cannot control our environment. At Liberationist we teach teams and…
DetailsThe set-up was a trip to visit family in Brazil: me, Geno and our then 9 year old son, Lucca. Everyone (including my husband) had to work during the week. Except for my 19 year old niece/goddaughter Priscila, who was between school/work/growing-up/deciding what to do. There was much discussion and worry among Pri’s mom, my…
DetailsEd Wojcicki likes to think of himself as one of what Studs Terkel* called, the “et ceteras of history” “They’re the billions of people who won’t even have their 15 minutes of fame…yet we have our time and place in history and what we do matters,” said Wojcicki. “They’re good parents. They’re good citizens. They’re…
DetailsWhat Happened when “City Girl” Catherine Lange Turned to Nature There was the moment at the Opening Reception when I was leaning against the doorway in between the two galleries, surrounded by my art and seventy-five people, many of whom I didn’t know, who were admiring it. That’s when I felt a lifelong dream had been…
DetailsPaul Klein has 93+ videos on his Klein Artist Works YouTube Channel with almost a half a million views. He has another 300 video interviews with artists, curators, art critics and arts leaders, the essence of which were culled into a book, The Art Rules: Wisdom and Guidance from Art World Experts. 500 artists from…
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