by Sandra Cyr | Jun 17, 2022 | Features, Opinion, Recent Stories
Special to the Philanthropy Journal Opinion by: Advance Carolina Today marks the grim anniversary of the 2015 mass shooting at Emmanual African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, which took the lives of nine Black worshippers, including state...
by Sandra Cyr | Jun 6, 2022 | Features, Recent Stories
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Dr. Andrew Kahn I’ll be the first to say that being neurodivergent isn’t easy. Growing up with ADHD in the ’70s, I was constantly called “lazy.” My teachers in the New York City public schools told me that I “needed to work...
by Sandra Cyr | Jun 6, 2022 | Features, Recent Stories
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Diana Ringe Krogh Children flourish when they feel included, empowered, and accepted. One of the best ways for every child to experience this is learning in a way that suits their strengths and needs and is joyful. All children...
by Sandra Cyr | Feb 11, 2022 | Features, Opinion
By Craig Martin The conversation about Joe Rogan and Spotify shifted from COVID vaccinations to racism and artist equity once a review of Rogan’s podcast revealed that he had repeatedly used the “n” word on his show. Suddenly, buzz words like “cancel culture” began...
by Sandra Cyr | Feb 7, 2022 | Features, Opinion
Black lives matter. We shouldn’t even need such a statement. And yet here we are. Police brutality and systematic racism continue to overwhelmingly affect the Black community. The Black Lives Matter movement began in 2013 with the social media hashtag,...