A September 1, 2014 on-line article by the New York Times had a very interesting title: “Seeking Facts, Justices Settle for What Briefs Tell Them.” What particularly caught my eye, as well as others ...
School is not always a positive experience for children, and parents can feel helpless against a system that feels impenetrable and immovable, as if designed for someone else’s kids. In reality, ...
Libraries transform lives! This refrain was repeated throughout the Advocacy and Intellectual Freedom Bootcamp, which was held on Friday morning, as one of four messages that every library can use to ...
We've all heard the old adage: "We help ourselves by helping others." Turns out it's true. And I'm not just saying that as a guy who's transformed his life by advocating on behalf of others facing ...
Samantha Power, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, once said, “All advocacy is, at its core, an exercise in empathy.” Empathy has power. It unites like-minded individuals who share a ...