ACCOGLIENZA:
LESSONS FOR AMERICA
Exploring how lessons learned from the Trieste, Italy mental health system could be transformative in the US.
How the IMD Exclusion Connects to Our Homeless Crisis
Driving east on Hollywood Blvd two days ago, as my car was stopped at Vine, there was a young man…
Housing + Beds = Meeting Human Needs
Caption: this is a chart our Hollywood Top 14 committee created in 2016 to document the multiple ways in which…
The Five-Stage Bridge From Isolation to Connection
“Other people may complicate our lives, but life without them would be unbearably desolate. None of us can be truly…
Grieving Our Humanitarian Crisis
I cannot shake an image from this past Tuesday in Downtown Los Angeles. I am admitting here that I feel…
Taking Care of People for $35/Day
When I was in college, I had a recurring dream about tornadoes on the horizon. For a while, they were…
Why Are You Here?
“The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.” Thomas Merton, 1980 People I meet here in Trieste are…
Why Am I Here?
If I am honest, I must admit that I have some trepidation about what awaits me in the month ahead. I have returned to Trieste now for the fourth time since my first visit in…
The Power of Words
In 2017, I had the privilege to travel to Trieste Italy with a delegation of professionals involved in mental health services and policy in Los Angeles. I blogged about…
Meet Kerry
Welcome to my blog! I’ve stepped into a new chapter of my life. I am prepared, passionate & inspired to take action on providing accoglienza to America’s mental health system.
