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Hip, Hip Hooril for the NY Brooklyn Folk Festival the first weekend of April!

Submitted by livfully
on Tue, 04/02/2019 - 15:51

There's lots springing up for the one and the many in any season. Somehow in the warmer weather just getting outside feels like an outing and fesitval with bird song, critters (I saw three deer, a red fox and some other critter scurry a few feet in front of me on my way to a garden club meeting in the evening last night.) I also heard spring peepers, and read that others have been tuning in as well, so Spring Is Here! 

'All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir" as well as "I've Got  A Song" are ones that come to mind when I think of Folk Festivals as well as remembering Sandy (Charles

Who'd Pay 1000 Dollars A Day to Learn to Talk (About Schtuff?) How About Paying to Hear What They Learned? (Without Having to Give Up A Day?) See Livfully.org

Submitted by livfully
on Mon, 04/01/2019 - 16:28

Here are some pricey programs (such as education.mit offers for a 1K/day for a few days or more on communication, leadership, and so on)...maybe good ones, but unless someone lets us know, we will be guessing. In these days that are conflict-ridden more than one expect, the investments and programs are likely worth it.

We likely need to roll out a public education campaign to know who can talk to whom and about what, for how long and under what circumstances...over which time period and so on.

Then basic law would be good to toss in so we all know what the law is and when we may be breaking

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Talking up the pros and cons of thinking before (during and after we communicate)

NY Times Article on Maintenance Worker's Eviction Issue at Clinton Hill Co-Ops

Submitted by livfully
on Fri, 03/29/2019 - 17:10
Here is a letter I wrote to some I know about this issue.
Hello Everyone, 
Thank you for working diligently on this important issue for the co-op community and the issues at large. I have been following the e-mails, video, NY Times article-- "A Handyman, A Sudden Eviction and A Gentrification Battle Royale" by John Leland. I had to subscribe but likely that's a good thing overall.
 
 I have met John Leland before since he wrote a book  called Happiness Is a Choice You Make about what it's like to age. He had interviewed people for a year, and far more than those who were in his book.
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Clinton Hill Co-op John Leland NYT Article 2019
#HectorStays
Creative Teamwork and Advocacy
Reversing Decisions Strategies
Public Pressure on Boards and Management Companies
Clarifying Terms of Agreement

WAFAA--Women And Families Ascending Association serving their NJ Communities and a great example for others

Submitted by livfully
on Fri, 03/29/2019 - 02:40

I had the pleasure of hearing Wafaa Saed, the leader of the WAFAA organization, at an important conference for advocates and protective mothers. Thankfully I jotted her number down and thought to be in touch with her a few years later. She invited me to the annual dinner which will be held Saturday, March 30th, 2019 at 4pm in Bergen County NJ. Unfortunately I am not able to attend as planned and let them know.

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WAFAAorganization.org
Custody Conference in Albany NY
Sheffield MA domestic violence crime claims five lives

Kudos to Kids Picking Up Trash and Doing the Right Thing, and the Brave Deeds (sometimes at the ultimate cost..so a tough call, kind of)

Submitted by livfully
on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 04:16
Very cool to learn of the senior class at Housatonic Valley Regional High School of Falls Village CT was spending time cleaning up rural roads in the northwest corner of CT. I know other schools and groups do this as well, public and private. That is the school I attended locally as did my former husband and our four children (at least a year each.) Many other relatives and friends also happily found friends and good schooling and experiences at the high school.
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Acts of courage and kindness
Remembering Kaelan Alexander Palmer Paton
Caroline Paton
Sandy Paton
Austin Grzelak

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