“People are dying from flu too.” A Response November 27, 2020 To: Family and Friends, all Fellow Americans When we last talked, you mentioned something I’ve heard throughout this year, 2020. It has been confusing for me. How is it acceptable to imply that some people are taking COVID-19 too seriously because they do not […]
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Virtual Learning is Actual Chaos for Early Elementary Students
By Brenna Gonderman Autumn has arrived. The days are getting shorter and the dawn of digital learning has begun. In order to help slow the spread of COVID-19 Milwaukee schools remain closed. But most families cannot afford to put their lives on hold. Working at a local childcare and youth center I have watched virtual […]
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Change the World
by George Martin George Floyd’s daughter Gigi, 6, shouted “Daddy changed the world!” after her dad’s arrest-death. The country and the world saw George Floyd’s life squeezed out of him by a Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his neck. Since his death on May 25, 2020, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement mobilized over seven […]
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A Hard Reset
By Roberta Hanus …when I hear a word or a phrase that fascinates or is new to me, my ears perk up and I ponder the possibility that it may have greater significance than what was intended. Today a client of mine described the situation in her life as a “hard re-set”.I am a Jungian-oriented […]