Each year, on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, people around the world come together for Giving Tuesday—a global day of generosity and community impact. While Black Friday and Cyber Monday focus on holiday shopping, Giving Tuesday reminds us of something even more meaningful: the power we each have to create hope, healing, and positive change. ...
On December 14 th , 2012 gunfire rang out at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut. On that day, a 20-year-old individual took the lives of 20 children within 5 minutes. This shooting tragically became the second deadliest mass school shooting at that time; following the 2007 mass shooting at ...
The arrival of the Olympic Games brings with it opportunities to immerse in competitions we seem to notice once every four years (hello, water polo, dressage and fencing), as well as catch up on exciting favorites like swimming, track & field and gymnastics.
FSA Elgin probably has the most culturally diverse staff I’ve worked with. This is a pleasure given my interest in anthropology and talking with people about their ancestors, food and traditions.
As Pride Month comes to a close, I wish to acknowledge a historic marker in the ongoing fight for gay rights – the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village, New York. The riots are why June is Pride Month. [...]
Juneteenth signifies the day that Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas – June 19, 1865 – to order the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, 2½ years after it took effect.
Like Cinqo de Mayo, which commemorates the Mexican Army’s victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862, not Mexican Independence Day, which is Sept. 16, many Americans are mistaken about [...]
Recovery looks different to each person. No matter how someone chooses to navigate recovery, it is a challenging road. My sobriety date is June 18, 2018. 6 years of trying to get sober proceeded that date. I managed to string together a year here and there, some months at other times, I had multiple AA coins; 24 hour, 30 day, 2 month, 3 month…you catch the drift. [...]