Saturday Share the Wealth: The Last Two Months with Hedy Epstein
Local and global activist Hedy Epstein was diagnosed with cancer in early April of this year. She died at the age of 91 in late May. This week’s Share the Wealth will be stories by…
Category: Gatherings
Share the Wealth with Marilyn Vazquez: Sunday 2 October 2016
I came to the U.S when I was five months old, and attended public schools, made friends, and played sports my whole life. I will be speaking about the two key issues facing the integrated…
Share the Wealth with Lara Pennington: Life (out of) Balance–Leadership, Liberation and Vulnerability
Lara became the Executive Director of Queen of Peace Center, a substance abuse treatment program for women with addiction, their children and families, 5 years ago at the age of 25. This experience catapulted Lara…
Share the Wealth with Madalyn: My Struggle with Mental Illness, Recovery, and Stigma: A Coming out Story
Psychosis is often glamorized in popular culture, but for those who have experienced it it’s anything but. Madalyn will share a personal experience of how it feels to be treated as a patient experiencing psychosis…
Share the Wealth with Lori Hirst: Russia through Anna and Sam’s Kind Introduction
In late May this year, my son and daughter-in-law welcomed me to their home in St. Petersburg, Russia. Even though I had taken some steps to prepare for the journey – through language, and literature…
Share the Wealth with Colin McLaughlin: ”The Clown as a Healer”
Humor is the shortest distance between any two people. And to heal each other, we need to utilize that accessibility—especially in the health professions. Clowning can dispel fear and anxiety in patients and the served,…
Share the Wealth with Sean Ferguson–Sunday 29 May 2016
“Other people have a nationality. The Irish have a psychosis.” –Brendan Behan This Sunday I will share my passion for Irish history and what I have learned about my own story as I have stumbled…
Share the Wealth with Alexis Bockting: A Life in Nursing
I graduated from the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at the School of Nursing at Saint Louis University in 2014. For the last 2 years I have worked at DePaul health center on…
Thursday Share the Wealth with Phil Cogley: A Life in Music
Courtney Barrett is wonderfully generous in sharing the wealth of her friendships! This past week, Andrea Scarpino graced us with her poetry. Here’s Courtney on this week’s friend who will share with us: This week,…
Share the Wealth with Andrea Scarpino: What the Willow Said as It Fell
In time for National Poetry Month, Andrea Scarpino will do our next Share the Wealth on her new book of poetry, What the Willow Said as It Fell. Andrea shared with us in September 2014,…