by April Allman | Jul 24, 2020 | Family
ACTIVELY CHOOSING ANTI-RACISM Catherine McGeeney, director of communications at the Coalition for the Homeless and mother of three, says the first step in raising a racially sensitive white child is to accept the systemic racism present in our city. “I’m a white mom...
by April Allman | Jul 20, 2020 | Family
Jacob, 10, and Annabelle Scott, 12, play on the corkscrew swing in their backyard. The corkscrew swing was designed by Annabelle during a homeschool yearlong focus on engineering. An uncle helped build it from her designs. One day, the history books will include...
by April Allman | Jul 17, 2020 | Family
“We must have a different conversation about race, and stop painting people with broad brushes,” says Sadiqa Reynolds, president and CEO of the Louisville Urban League. In early June, protests spanned the globe in a unified call to end systemic racism and police...
by April Allman | Jul 12, 2020 | Family
What Kids Need to Navigate These Unchartered Waters Over the course of the last few months, our collective focus has been on protecting those who are most at risk to suffer the effects of COVID-19: The elderly, people with compromised immune systems, and those with...
by April Allman | Jul 11, 2020 | Family
Deborah Garcia delivered her baby, Elena Batz, in the hospital without family support during COVID-19. She also had tested positive for the virus at the end of her pregnancy. Each pregnancy experience is distinctive. Some moms are out there planning all the plans with...
by April Allman | Jul 7, 2020 | Community, Family
“There are things in the system that we can’t do anything about, and those are the things I have to talk to my children about,” says Stephen Franklin, with wife Dr. Tanya Franklin and their children. YOU HAVE TO BE TWICE AS GOOD Empowerment is the tenet touted...
