Archive: Current Events

Politics

Our Director of Prevention and Communication shared her perspective on WNIJ this morning (LINK). She shares about the importance of voting, but also the importance of what we do AFTER we cast our ballots.  How do we hold our elected leaders ...

Acquitted

Daily Chronicle News Report:  Brenton Cleveland Acquitted in Rape Trial (LINK) It has taken us a while to write about this case because it's a very difficult and emotional topic.  We'd like to say we can always trust our court system.  ...

National Avocado Day

Avocado...the trickiest food to prepare, the key ingredient in guacamole, and the reason millennials aren't able to afford to buy houses. I love avocados.  I didn't when I was younger, but something changed in me.  I grew older.  I grew wiser.  ...

#MeToo, Madigan

Timothy Mapes Harassment Scandal (LINK) Does the #MeToo movement still matter?  Haven't we talked about this enough?  Surely everyone knows and understands how unacceptable sexual harassment in the workplace is by now! If you're like many Americans, you've heard these questions.  Maybe ...

Bachelorette Background

Our American obsession with reality TV says a lot about us as a culture.  Some people love reality TV.  Some people love to judge those people.  But with a reality TV star sitting in the Oval Office, we can't deny ...

It’s not your fault. Ever.

Content note:  discussion of violent sexual assault and victim-blaming. . . . . . A student was violently sexually assaulted by an acquaintance this weekend at NIU (LINK to article).  The student was working on a final project for school when the attacker stopped by, physically ...

CASA

As we've posted previously on our blog, April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.  We are so grateful for our amazing children's counselors, our prevention specialists who do education in the schools, and our caseworkers who work tirelessly for parents and ...

Give DeKalb County

When I was in college, I had a roommate who would wake up at 3 am to watch tennis.  No watching replays for her.  Who cared if I had a test the next morning?  The match was on in Australia!  ...

Remembering

The massacre at Columbine High School was 19 years ago today and listening to the voices of students, it feels like not much has changed.  School shootings are still common and mass violence has become all too familiar.  From students ...