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Building a more trauma-informed juvenile justice system to better serve kids in crisis (opens the original)
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Dr. Amanda Zelechoski is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist and attorney, specializing in trauma. She’s also a professor at the University of Notre Dame (my alma mater!). This spring, I attended a panel in DC sponsored by the Urban Institute about building a more trauma-informed juvenile justice system. I was both impressed and inspired by Amanda (and all of the event’s panelists) and reached out to her for this newsletter. Amanda and I chatted about what trauma is, where resilience c
Founding a choir for people living with dementia and their caregivers (opens the original)
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Second Verse Choir is a relatively new nonprofit, borne out of Kris and Anne’s shared passion for music in the past year. Kris never expected to start a nonprofit at the age of 61, but has found the experience joyous and life-affirming. We chatted about how her lifelong passion for music and career in Adult Protective Services led her here, and some adults who have lost the ability to speak can retain the ability to sing. She shares highlights from the first year of Second Verse and the positive
Scenes from Dollywood (opens the original)
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I spent this past Saturday at Dollywood for a bachelorette party. The bachelorette had been planned for months, and just so happened to coincide with the first weekend after she died. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/imag
Conducting scientific research motivated by compassion and bettering humanity (opens the original)
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Arthur is the father of two of my camp friends, and a pioneering scientist who discovered the plant lectin cycle (for us non-scientists: part of photosynthesis) and advanced significant biofuel breakthroughs. Arthur shared how Ralph Waldo Emerson’s philosophy of compassion has underpinned his scientific career, and how his father—who was incarcerated in a Japanese-American relocation camp during World War II and later ministered to other formerly incarcerated Japanese Americans in California’s C
Splitting time between land and sea—and making the most of time on land (opens the original)
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I met Kayleigh through our mutual friend Amanda. All three of us spent time at the same family camp, Montecito Sequoia, growing up. Kayleigh is extremely involved in her community in the Pacific Northwest, in part because her long stretches at sea as a member of the Navy means that she doesn’t take her time on land for granted. Kayleigh and I chatted about the importance of social connection and how showing up for other people sometimes can mean just listening. She talked about how her horse has
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