Stepping Into Their World: Innovative Lessons in Empathy
By Kris Bailey To really understand, you should spend a day in my shoes! We’ve all heard that old adage dozens of times and in many circumstances, but rarely do we get the chance to fully understand another’s situation and empathize in a meaningful way. But for the medical and caregiving staff at the San […]
John and Valerie Watson: A Healing Journey
By John Moskin John and Valerie Watson are a formidable pair. One of eight siblings, John grew up in the Ida B. Wells housing project on the south side of Chicago. His father, a postal service supervisor, often told him, “You have two strikes against you. You’re black, and you’re poor.” Accordingly, John learned early […]
A Community of Compassion
By John Moskin It is a relationship that started with heartbreak. The all-volunteer Excelsior Community Food Pantry lost its location. With hundreds of local families struggling through food insecurity, this vital, service-based non-profit no longer had a place to distribute their life-sustaining essentials to the neediest among us. Amelia Zimmermann Wolff and the other cofounders were […]
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