Underground Good: Lee Lamp
“We don't talk politics and we don't talk religion in our group ...Discussions about politics or religion are causing tremendous division in our country today. I don't understand why everything has to be divisive."
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Inside Public Service: The Source of Overwhelm
A local community leader takes a good hard look at all the roles and responsibilities she’s juggling. She finds that the source of her overwhelm and stress often isn’t a to-do list, it’s how we hold ourselves to other people’s expectations.
Underground Good: Jessica Foster
“I'm taking care of their loved ones and the forgotten ones. If people don't have a lot of time to visit here, it will look nice when they come.”
Underground Good: Lidia Manzo
“I think you get to a stage in life where you think, what is my purpose in life? . . . I'm trying to figure that out; but I believe we all have a purpose. And I think mine is working with the community and giving back. I've been feeling that in my heart and it makes me happy. There is a reward to giving back.”
Underground Good: Mike Archibald
“You don't have to do something wild outside of yourself. You just have to do something that's comfortable for you to do. . . . If you see something that needs to be done, and you feel like you could maybe do something there, step in and see what happens. I’ll bet there's going to be folks around that will guide you along and you can probably learn, too.”
Underground Good: Lili Dubois
“As far as I'm concerned, entertainment, levity, and local information are invaluable. That is a community service.”
Underground Good: Sky Scholfield
“Work in your circle but consider the impact of your actions for not only yourself but for generations to come . . . follow your passion, be respectful, learn as much as you can, and think as far forward as possible. You can find good in so many different places.”
Underground Good: The Mayor of Country Heights Neighborhood
"We have some people in this county trying to drag down the community . . . Others are working hard, very hard, to build it up. And those two factions are fighting against each other . . . You’ve got to find ways to compromise.”
Inside Public Service: How To Manage Transitions
How do you coax a diverse team, many of whom are volunteers, through a change in leadership, a change of season?
Underground Good: Karlo Henry Vargas
“A better society, from my point of view, is a society that grows together. This is a little thing that gives us hope: the fact that we can come together, regardless of where we come from or our political ideas, and make something happen.”
Inside Public Service: The Source of Overwhelm
A local community leader takes a good hard look at all the roles and responsibilities she’s juggling. She finds that the source of her overwhelm and stress often isn’t a to-do list, it’s how we hold ourselves to other people’s expectations.
Underground Good: Jessica Foster
“I'm taking care of their loved ones and the forgotten ones. If people don't have a lot of time to visit here, it will look nice when they come.”
Underground Good: Lidia Manzo
“I think you get to a stage in life where you think, what is my purpose in life? . . . I'm trying to figure that out; but I believe we all have a purpose. And I think mine is working with the community and giving back. I've been feeling that in my heart and it makes me happy. There is a reward to giving back.”
Underground Good: Mike Archibald
“You don't have to do something wild outside of yourself. You just have to do something that's comfortable for you to do. . . . If you see something that needs to be done, and you feel like you could maybe do something there, step in and see what happens. I’ll bet there's going to be folks around that will guide you along and you can probably learn, too.”
Underground Good: Lili Dubois
“As far as I'm concerned, entertainment, levity, and local information are invaluable. That is a community service.”
Underground Good: Sky Scholfield
“Work in your circle but consider the impact of your actions for not only yourself but for generations to come . . . follow your passion, be respectful, learn as much as you can, and think as far forward as possible. You can find good in so many different places.”
Underground Good: The Mayor of Country Heights Neighborhood
"We have some people in this county trying to drag down the community . . . Others are working hard, very hard, to build it up. And those two factions are fighting against each other . . . You’ve got to find ways to compromise.”
Inside Public Service: How To Manage Transitions
How do you coax a diverse team, many of whom are volunteers, through a change in leadership, a change of season?
Underground Good: Karlo Henry Vargas
“A better society, from my point of view, is a society that grows together. This is a little thing that gives us hope: the fact that we can come together, regardless of where we come from or our political ideas, and make something happen.”