There have been several local news stories recently about the struggle that non-profit organizations are facing. Last Saturday’s Savannah Morning News headline read: Christmas Cheer hits hard times; local non profits are feeling economic pinch this year. There has also been a lot in the news recently about local community mental health services falling apart and some coverage about
» Read moreChuck McDew, founder and first president of the Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, known as SNICK), was in Savannah for two weeks prior to the November 4th Election day as part of Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy’s Activist in Residence Series. Mr. McDew spent his two weeks in Savannah talking about the struggle for voter rights for African Americans with
» Read moreEveryone is thinking about the economy these days. There’s Wall Street and Main Street, and there are tens of thousands of people facing being put on the street because of losing their jobs or homes.
» Read moreThis year will be a great opportunity to think more about presence than presents. Presents are those things that we all go out and buy and put under our Chanukah bush or Christmas tree. Presence is our willingness to slow down and be with and enjoy people during this holiday season. It’s a quandary. If you don’t go out and
» Read moreThe Wall Street Journal must have been reading the little booklet we published a couple of years ago called, Protecting People Who are Patients in Hospitals. The headline of the October 28, 2008 Health Journal article by Melinda Beck is called, “Bedside Manner: Advocating for a Relative in the Hospital”, and stresses the life-saving benefit of patients having an advocate
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