The belief that one race, skin color, ethnicity or other group is superior to another in humanity constitutes racism. It’s a fact that our country has a history of racism. It’s also a fact that we can’t change what happened in the past; all we can do is—hopefully—learn from our mistakes. In order to do…Continue reading Racism
Much has been publicized about problems in our public educational system. Indianapolis Public Schools, which serve the most poverty-stricken areas of Indianapolis, has 10 A rated schools. Superintendent Lewis Ferebee put 11 schools on high alert because of consecutive F grades and either the district or the State of Indiana has been closely monitoring 38…Continue reading Urban Education
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin About 100 years ago, a young monk by the name of Pierre Teilhard was suffering from what today we call post traumatic stress disorder. Like most young men in Europe, he had been swept…Continue reading Quote of the Month: December 2020
When you attack poverty you attack racism; when you just attack racism, you’re still stuck with poverty.” -Greg Enas Greg Enas is no stranger to the effort of improving lives. As a PhD in Biostatistics, he was trained in researching questions in medicine and biology to improve pubic health. His working life is all about…Continue reading Quote of the Month: November 2020
Remember, amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic” -Sir Richard Needham Sir Richard was a Brit, known for his wit, and even though no one really knows now to what he was referring, his quip is a powerful reminder of the great value of a motivated amateur. After years of working with those in…Continue reading Quote of the Month: October 2020
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” -Charles Swindolln Recently, our family took advantage of the long Labor Day weekend to rent a house on the shore of Lake Michigan. We got into a conversation about some of the things I had done, where I had worked, and…Continue reading Quote of the Month: September 2020
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Community Link hosts Carolene Mays-Medley and Marco Dominguez had a conversation with the leaders of Unite Indy in Thursday’s edition of “We Stand Together.” Jim and Nancy Cotterill started Unite Indy to raise awareness and resources in the inner city to deal with issues like race relations, unemployment and poverty. For more,…Continue reading NEWS: We Stand Together: Unite Indy
If you take away religion, you can’t hire enough police…” -A Chinese Marxist to Clay Christiansen Clay Christiansen was a Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Forbes called him “one of the most influential business theorists of the last 50 years.” He is an unassuming man who stands 6’8″ and played college…Continue reading Quote of the Month: August 2020
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change” -Wayne Dyer Wayne Dyer spent his first ten years in an orphanage after his father walked out leaving his mother penniless. Though he’d been tossed away by his father, a man he’d learn to hate, Dyer survived. He became a…Continue reading Quote of the Month: July 2020
A house divided against itself, cannot stand.” -Abraham Lincoln What unrest we have suffered this month, as one appalling murder led to more killings, many injuries, millions of hard-earned dollars in property loss and great damage to our neighborhoods, in an explosion of division. Lincoln knew a lot about division, and while his overwhelming concern…Continue reading Quote of the Month: June 2020
