As February is Black History Month, the Health Team wants to highlight the very real and concerning issue that is racial health disparity and note its importance and tragic implications. The World Health Organization (WHO) is taking an active approach to combating racial discrimination in healthcare on a global level,1 and...
Relationships with others are important. Sometimes we don’t value those community relationships until we really need a larger circle of caring humans. In early 2023, many of us are dusting off our social skills as we begin venturing outside “beyond Zoom” to renew relationships and create a...
This year’s Global Leadership Challenge brought together young people from around the world online for one week to tackle the challenges presented by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Equality), and 13 (Climate Action). Co-sponsored by the St. Gallen Symposium in Switzerland and...
In Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet, author Chelsea Wald (a member of AWC The Hague) gives us an entertaining and well-researched exploration of sanitation, pee and poop. She is passionate about her subject, and it shows in her book. She takes us through history, from at least the Romans to...
I was asked a curious question the other day: “How frequently do you read about THE ENVIRONMENT – often, rarely, never?” (the capital letters are mine because I heard the question as if it had been TWEETED).
I must admit, I was stumped. I “hear” about the environment constantly, because it...
“Dry January” is almost over, and for once I’ve actually done it. Dry January is a concept that’s really taken off of late and consists of people giving up drinking for the month of January. It’s something I always try to do after the excess of our usual Irish Christmas...
Paula Lucas, founder of Pathways to Safety, invites a member of FAWCO to participate in a task force that will interface with the Office of Victims of Crime (US Department of Justice) on behalf of Pathways to Safety. The OVC has funded Pathways for 10 years, but has...
