Opinion: Journeying Towards Equity With Resilience
Photo by Jon Tyson / Unsplash Sharon Brisolara holds a masters in Human Service Administration and a PhD in Program Evaluation and Planning, with concentrations in Rural Sociology and Women’s […]
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Opinion: Our Children Are Watching Us
Three weeks after the Carr Fire devastated Redding, 4,000 miles away in Stockholm, Sweden, a small 15-year-old girl named Greta skipped school.
Opinion: Missing the “Public” In this Public Health Crisis
Our focus on “me” versus “we” created the perfect playground for this virus. A culture that fights COVID-19 with “personal responsibility” doesn’t work. Addressing a structural problem by relying on individuals is doomed to fail.
Opinion: Time to Wake Up
It has always been ignorance of climate change that is our true enemy, not our changing climate.
Opinion: The End of the World as We Know It
We are all asleep until the smell of smoke awakens us . . . we cannot save ourselves and our children unless everyone is awake to the crisis we all collectively face.
Opinion: We the People
From the start, the United States has struggled with who “the people” actually are. Who counts? Who doesn’t? Who has “power to”? Who has “power over”?
An Interview with Tara Jean Stevens, Host of Heaven Bent
A new podcast season focused on Redding's Bethel Church releases it's first episode today, March 1st. Annelise Pierce interviews the host.
Opinion: Our Children Are Watching Us
Three weeks after the Carr Fire devastated Redding, 4,000 miles away in Stockholm, Sweden, a small 15-year-old girl named Greta skipped school.
Opinion: Missing the “Public” In this Public Health Crisis
Our focus on “me” versus “we” created the perfect playground for this virus. A culture that fights COVID-19 with “personal responsibility” doesn’t work. Addressing a structural problem by relying on individuals is doomed to fail.
Opinion: Time to Wake Up
It has always been ignorance of climate change that is our true enemy, not our changing climate.
Opinion: The End of the World as We Know It
We are all asleep until the smell of smoke awakens us . . . we cannot save ourselves and our children unless everyone is awake to the crisis we all collectively face.
Opinion: We the People
From the start, the United States has struggled with who “the people” actually are. Who counts? Who doesn’t? Who has “power to”? Who has “power over”?
An Interview with Tara Jean Stevens, Host of Heaven Bent
A new podcast season focused on Redding's Bethel Church releases it's first episode today, March 1st. Annelise Pierce interviews the host.