ACCOGLIENZA:
LESSONS FOR AMERICA
Exploring how lessons learned from the Trieste, Italy mental health system could be transformative in the US.
A Podcast Borne of the Pandemic
As we put this year to bed, I am highlighting quotable quotes from the ten podcast episodes which comprise Season…
Why Is No One Talking About This Housing Crisis?
What would drive two moms to go on a 3,170-mile journey looking for the housing options available to the most…
RIP DJ Jaffe
During the first month of my two-year Stanton Fellowship in 2016, I stole away to Montana with books to read,…
You Can't Change a System You Never Had in the First Place
The screensaver on my computer is a picture of Sisyphus pushing his rock up hill. That’s what this feels like…
In America We Let People Float Away
I have never watched a single episode of Breaking Bad. I know it won multiple Emmys and other prestigious awards…
The Revolving Door of Jail
I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about a young man I met last July who had…
Imagine Your Smart Phone Was Taken Away During a Global Pandemic
The global pandemic shines a spotlight on the Great Digital Divide. While many of us wax poetic about the wonders…
What Would Basaglia Do?
This virus is the great equalizer, spreading through the earth with impunity and not discriminating as to wealth, class, ethnicity…
Solidarity With Our Italian Friends -- i nostri amici di Trieste
What good could possibly come from a global pandemic? I know we are very early on this journey and the…
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…
My Year of Learning About Suffering and Hope
I write on January 31, the eve of the one-year departure from my job of 22 years. I left the…
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.
