It would be fascinating to know why Edna Negron’s name popped into my head after 20 years.  What synaptic links led to and retrieved the name of this remarkable woman who chose to serve as principal of one of the toughest, poorest elementary schools in Hartford, Connecticut?  The etched memory had little or nothing to […]

Not to minimize anyone’s suffering, but Cameron Bellm’s poem puts so much in perspective, even eliciting thanksgiving, a poignant awareness of the needs of others at a time when our needs press so heavily on us.  Bellm’s poem evokes the Dalai Lama’s words: The incredible thing is that when we think of alleviating other people’s suffering, […]

Ingmar Bergman’s screenplay the “Seventh Seal,” opens with a gaunt and spiritually disillusioned knight who has just returned from the Crusades only to find his homeland ravaged by the plague. Death stalks the knight who encounters a litany of woe –a procession of flagellants whipping themselves, a “witch” readied for burning at the stake, grim […]

Community Wraparound envisions a future in which all children and youth regardless of the complexities of their needs are connected to caring adults and have access to appropriate services and support so they can thrive in their homes and communities. I have worked with or run agencies throughout my entire professional career and have rarely […]