It’s winter, and winter is heavy
“Am I doing enough? Am I behind?”
Read MoreAuthor: George Sheppard
Criminal Record = No Future?
“Having a criminal record doesn’t just make it harder to find work; it also makes existing inequalities worse.”
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Triggers Do Not Take Vacations. Grief Does Not Respect Calendars
“The greatest gift we can offer someone who is struggling is acceptance.”
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Tis the season: A time of twinkle, tumult, and tenderness
“We would be mistaken to believe this season feels the same for everyone.”
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Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, the instructions for happiness got misplaced
“The uncomfortable truth is that happiness never really disappeared. We just stopped noticing the shape of it.”
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Rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Melissa
“Moments like this test a society’s commitment to fairness, and Jamaica has an opportunity to lead by example.”
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Our Criminal Justice System Relies on its “Correctional” Services to Correct; is it Working?
“An eye for an eye? Leaves the whole world blind.”
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Us and Them: Facing the hard truth about reconciliation
“Indigenous peoples and immigrants alike are still marked as outsiders, reconciliation demands more than token gestures.”
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Life’s many roles shape our identity beyond a single label
“Life, as it turns out, is a lot like an onion.”
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