The dialogue of hope by Gary Kaplan Giving thanks is a primordial human behavior. Ancient sacrificial rituals served the dual purpose of expressing gratitude for survival in a hostile environment and beseeching omnipotent deities to ensure future survival. These rites were the earliest form of insurance policy. Representations in image
by Gary Kaplan On November 11, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed “Armistice Day” in commemoration of the signing one year before of the ceasefire that silenced the guns of The Great War. His proclamation read:
by Greg Cunningham Pandemic politics and science denial: how to measure a year When the number came on the screen the song popped into my head: Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes How do you
by Paula Paris William Monroe Trotter 1872 – 1934 “For every right, with all the might” (Motto of the Boston Guardian) On Humboldt Avenue in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the heart of what was once a thriving middle-class African-American residential and business neighborhood, sits the William Monroe Trotter K-8 School, one
by Gary Kaplan What poetry does “Poetry is typically the touchstone that we go back to when we have to remind ourselves of the history that we stand on, and the future that we stand for.” –Amanda Gorman “Poetry makes nothing happen,” wrote W.H. Auden in his tribute to W.B.
by Gary Kaplan History doesn’t repeat itself, Mark Twain observed, but it often rhymes. Because of our peculiar history, the current calls for redirection of police funding to social programs fall with a familiar cadence at JFYNetWorks. We are often asked what JFY stands for. It stands for Jobs For
With Gary Kaplan, Executive Director Narrated by Greg Cunningham, Blended Learning Specialist JANUARY 2020 PODCAST – For nearly 40 years, JFYNetWorks, a Boston-based nonprofit organization, has served high-need populations in Massachusetts by developing and delivering education and job training programs that equip young people with the skills needed to succeed
Strength and faith and the hope they will find a way to navigate safely home by Greg Cunningham, Blended Learning Specialist Every year as September 11 approaches I am drawn back to that cloudless day and the eerie quiet that settled over Boston as the flickering, droning television screen became
Frederick Wiseman, Chronicler of the Western World by Gary Kaplan, Unbounded Fan of ‘Fred’ I was at a conference this morning and felt the need for another cup of coffee. The conference was in a lecture room at the front of the building and the food in another room at
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