Family and Community

How often do you celebrate the women in your life, to show your appreciation and to strengthen them? Imagine doing this and boosting women’s equality too! March 8 is International…

  Today, June 19th, marks the very first time that Juneteenth has been a federal holiday. Juneteenth commemorates the day that the last enslaved Americans finally learned that they were…

The images are riveting —TV newsclips about men released from prison after serving decades for crimes they did not commit. “I just want to get on with my life,” they…

You and I live in a world where violence and fear lead to more violence and fear. When we watch the news, it’s easy to be concerned by the troubles…

Mabel Lee: Chinese American Pioneer for Suffrage May 2020, Asian Pacific Heritage Month  LPF Forgotten Heroines Series Since the 19th century in the U.S., persons of Asian heritage have often…

Four resources offer concise information on several of the most pressing concerns among parents and young people today. Each offers a brief description of the most useful sources, web links,…

No Name-Calling Week No Name-Calling Week, January 23-27, 2012, is an annual week of educational activities aimed at ending name-calling of all kinds and providing schools with the tools and…

As the Church year moves from Easter into Pentecost, this Sunday we will remember again the story in Acts 2 of the Holy Spirit moving over the apostles in Jerusalem,…

Is self-help something that activists are asking for these days? And what kind of peace education are we talking about for teenagers? The two resources below will give you a…

“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.” — Henry David Thoreau…