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by Judy Atchinson
A Stubborn Woman
A Daily Gazette community blog
QUEST leader's wanderings and musings
Monday, April 16, 2012
Poetry from behind bars
A prison poet offers some thoughts on incarceration.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Not getting caught up in dress codes
On gang colors, hoodies and issues of trust.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Invisible children through neglect, indifference
Nothing changes as long as the gang culture prevails.
Monday, March 19, 2012
A tale of tails
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” -- Helen Keller Last week I shared food on two different days with two different amazing women. One at lunch on a weekday who was once a powerful worker for United Way and another ...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Revisiting Vale
Schenectady's Vale Village is an expensive experiment that failed.
Monday, March 5, 2012
On graffiti, guns and Schenectady Street
Thinking of efforts to improve the inner-city areas.
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
Thinking of youth
Nowhere do I see people's concern for children, I mean concern expressed in real sacrifice and commitment.
Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012
A need to work together
These past two weeks in our hometown, who can fathom it?
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012
We must be our brothers' and sisters' keepers
On the value of mediation, a teacher's gift, a new member of the family and a ticket dismissed.
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012
Affection can cure many ills
In praise of grandparents raising children and the devastating effects of poverty and neglect.
