It was the summer of 1998 and I was sitting in my office at the National Conference for Community and Justice. We had just received word that a group of neo-Nazis planned to march downtown. The phone lines were going off the hook. Some of my colleagues in other organizations who also fought for equal rights  Read more »

Cheryl Kravitz, Power of Positive  — In 1984 I was a sweet young thing whose only foray into a planned exercise program was years (and I do mean years) earlier in high school. I remember quite vividly wearing what was fondly called a “gym suit” .. a blue monstrosity that can only be described as a  Read more »

Last weekend my husband celebrated his 64th birthday. We spent the day at the Abbey Road on the River Beatles Tribute festival. It was fitting for all kinds of reasons. Over a year ago he slogged through boxes of used records and tapes at a neighborhood sale and bought me a video of the 1964  Read more »

Coming of age in the 1960s I was aware of the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement. The neighborhood where I grew up was segregated. I would read about stirrings of unrest on campuses across the country and was dismayed when boys in one of my high school classes made the front pages for stoning  Read more »

You and I might meet one day and I could appear familiar to you. I probably remind you of someone you know – a woman you’ve seen at work, in your neighborhood or even at family gatherings. I look recognizable because you come across women like me all the time. These days I am doing  Read more »