Tom Kohler asked several long time citizen advocates and several protege’s matched with citizen advocates in Savannah to share their insights with some folks newly involved… What does it feel like to be an advocate? What would you want prospective advocates, or people very newly involved to hear? “You really don’t know very much about what you are
» Read moreI was pleased to attend and be on the faculty of the Toronto Summer Inclusion Institute this month. The Institute is sponsored by Inclusion Press, the publishers of Waddie Welcome and the Beloved Community, a Savannah story that Susan Earl and I wrote several years ago. One hundred and fifty people from the USA, Canada, the Netherlands, England, Ireland and
» Read moreI had the good fortune to be with new citizen advocate George Barrow the other day. He said, “The idea of citizen advocacy doesn’t read as well as it plays.” The definition and description on our written materials did not excite him – the hearing of real citizen advocacy stories did. After I wrote the following for a funding
» Read moreGreat article by Rexanna Lester about our 2007 intern Chloe Stuber, who grew up with citizen advocacy click here to read
» Read morePlease mark your calendar for our 32nd Annual Covered Dish Supper and Celebration, Thursday, May 13th from 5:30 – 8:30 at the Savannah Station at 601 Cohen Street. We are celebrating 32 years of Savannahians helping Savannahians… The band Soap will be back by popular demand, Trey Mathews and Michael Strickland will bring appetizers for the 5:30 –
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