I have experienced healing through other writers’ poetry, but there’s no way I can sit down to write in the hope a poem will have healing potential. If I do, I’ll write a bad poem.
Category Archive: 1942
The dream of the Convention was born from the that children and their needs were not been considered when policies were being made, laws passed or actions undertaken.
We all start in this medium because of the magic and the challenge is to keep it going.
One of the workshop participants had shown me a single 8 X 10 photograph of a power plant where he actually was the general manager of this power cooperative. It was quite magical to me.
If you like overheads, you’ll love PowerPoint.
UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists.
Nor is the suffering limited to children in developing countries.
My mother was told she couldn’t go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system.
For example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion to keep children in school and away from the workplace for longer.
Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It’s not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me.