My words have power. -Michele Weldon Between Friends is amazing. I discovered Between Friends while working on my post about Michele Weldon, who is on their advisory board. I was astounded by how effectively they have painted Chicago purple this October. Kathleen Doherty, a breast cancer survivor, is the executive director of Between Friends. Yet, … Read more
Category Leadership, Uncategorized · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, Between Friends, Chicago, child abuse, domestic violence, emPOWERment, Fourth Presbyterian Church, John Buchanan, Kathleen Doherty, Michele Weldon, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Terrill L. Stumpf
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 25, 2011 · 3 Comments
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Our color is purple. On Friday, October 28, I will hope you will join me in wearing purple. The idea for Dress to Express your commitment to end domestic violence was created by Between Friends, a shelter in Chicago, IL. My hope is that Dress to Express will go global. Between Friends … Read more
Category Leadership · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, Between Friends, child abuse, dating abuse, domestic violence, Dress to Express, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, Facebook, Michele Weldon, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, sexual abuse, Violence and Abuse
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 20, 2011 · 1 Comment
Murder will continue to rise. Rape will continue to rise. All crime will continue to rise. – Joe Biden, Vice President The Republican National Committee (RNC) wants me to condemn remarks made by Vice President Joe Biden in Philadelphia. VP Biden is lobbying to keep teachers in the classroom and cops on the street, and Fox … Read more
Category Leadership · Tagged with abuse of power, activist, Arab Spring, Barack Obama, Boston Tea Party, Bush Tax Cuts, class warfare, Complex-PTSD, domestic violence, Harry Reid, jobs bill, Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Occupy Wall Street, Osama bin Laden, political hypocrisy, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Republican National Committee, RNC, Scott Brown, sexual abuse, unemployment, Violence Against Women
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on September 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Rick Steves in Italy Travel guru Rick Steves is a prince of a man. He’s humble, handsome, and generous. He lives his faith. I was honored to meet him shortly after I relocated to Washington State at one of his free travel seminars in Edmonds. He gave me one of his travel guides and autographed … Read more
Category Leadership · Tagged with activist, Bill Gates, Buffett Rule, Bush Tax Cuts, Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds WA, emPOWERment, Europe Through the Back Door, faith-based response to DV, fiscal policy, Jeff Bezos, Pathways for Women, Paul Allen, Rick Steves, Steve Ballmer, The Herald (Everett), Trinity Place
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on July 22, 2011 · 2 Comments
Osama bin Laden claimed several years ago that his intent on 9/11 was to bankrupt the U.S. treasury. He might be dead, but I’d say he’s succeeded brilliantly. He knew his old pal President Bush would start wars that would never end. Wars the United States couldn’t afford to win. Defense spending has bankrupted the treasury. … Read more
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on April 27, 2011 · 2 Comments
Donald Trump appears to be taking over the arrogant, narcissistic, bully (pun intended) pulpit media space formerly occupied by Charlie Sheen. The man isn’t happy unless the spotlight is shining brightly on him as he pontificates. This morning a reporter compared him to a carnival barker. I’m beyond weary of the perpetual racist suggestion that … Read more
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on February 21, 2011 · 4 Comments
Silenced. Too often, domestic violence victims reach out for help, but can’t get the aid they need before it’s too late. – Rikki King The Daily Herald This is the headline and photo that stopped me cold in Freddie’s (Fred Meyer, a division of Kroger) yesterday. It was on the front page of … Read more
Category DV Research and Statistics · Tagged with Daily Herald, dating abuse, domestic violence, domestic violence prevention, domestic violence statistics, family court reform, Mark Roe, pit bull abusers, Rikki King, safety plan, Snohomish County Washington, University of Washington, Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on December 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Paul Allen’s yacht, the Octopus, has two submarines, two heli-pads, a pool, and a basketball court. He co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates III, and now owns Vulcan. He got a nice chunk of corporate welfare by conning the voters into building a stadium for his Seattle Seahawks football team. Paul Allen, CEO Vulcan, Inc. However, … Read more
Category Leadership · Tagged with Amazon, Bill Gates, budget deficit, Debb Snyder, Gov. Christine Gregoire, Holocaust, Jeff Bezos, KING5, Medicaid, Microsoft, Octopus, Paul Allen, Q-13Fox, Seattle Seahawks, Steve Ballmer, The Columbian, Vulcan Inc., Walton Family, Washington, Washington State, yacht
The William J. Clinton Foundation is conducting a poll to set global priorities for the organization: Empowering Girls & Women Strengthening Market-Based Solutions Enhancing Access to Modern Technology Harnessing Human Potential I was delighted to discover that Empowering Girls & Women is receiving 60% of the votes followed by Harnessing Human Potential at 28%. Market-Based Solutions was way … Read more
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is one of my favorite books. Anna Quindlen claims she makes an annual trip to see the original manuscript. I have a collection of Department 56 houses depicting the story which I like to put out during the Christmas holidays. I probably won’t this year, however, because Scrooge seems … Read more
Category Leadership · Tagged with abuse of power, activist, budget deficit, budget priorities, Charles Dickens, Christmas Carol, d, Department 56, Scrooge, The New York Times, welfare for the rich