There are a lot of things coming together at the same time this fall at United Way. Right on the heels of our annual “United We Sleep Event” is our Tri-Annual Community Investment process. I think of this as a unique opportunity for us to talk about the great importance of working together ...
As a Christian and a retired military officer, I fear for American democracy. Our nation was founded on principals of equality and justice for all citizens. It has taken us over 240 years to move closer to those aspirations in recognizing who is a voting citizen and who gets justice. We’ve ...
If you want to see what brings out the worst out in people, watch cable news or catch the keyboard warriors on Facebook or nextdoor, the neighborhood chat line of ranters and some people trying to be helpful. If you’d rather observe what brings out the best in people, get a dog or follow me ...
As the Chair of the Board of Directors and the Associate Medical Director of Pediatrics at Amoskeag Health, we are writing again to explain the harm that would be caused if the legislature overturns the Governor’s veto of HB 1131 on September 15th. HB 1131 would remove a school board’s ...
Since its first primetime hearing in June, the bipartisan January 6th Select Committee has done the nation an unparalleled service. Over a series of extraordinary hearings in June and July, the committee’s Republicans and Democrats revealed damning information about the planning and ...
In recent times, policymaking has had a bad reputation. It’s often the last place we think of for collaboration and finding common ground. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Examples of successful policymaking in the past can serve as lessons for how we advance solutions and find common ...
