Community Voices Who’s the Enemy? I couldn’t take any more of the news. I’ve been impressed and inspired by all those protesting and then conversely disappointed by words and actions of … Read more By Donna J Burkholder, LCSW - June 11, 2020
Community Voices The Case for Grief This month is my wife’s birthday. Now, I didn’t grow up really celebrating birthdays too hard, but in my wife’s family they love to celebrate each … Read more By Brian Wenger, LPC, CAADC - June 10, 2020
Community Voices Jeff Heiney’s Reflections…as a Parent The 2019-20 school year has been unlike any other. As the school year comes to a close, OneUnitedLancaster invited local educators, students and their families to … Read more By Jeff Heiney - June 10, 2020
Community Voices The North Star Found in the Stories of our Elders Today we feel in the swirl of anger and chaos and fear without a map or a compass. One might ask, “Where is the North Star … Read more By Judith A. Kennedy, LPC - June 10, 2020
Community Voices United Way of Lancaster County believes that Black Lives Matter Believing Black Lives Matter is just the beginning. We each have our unique part to play to move from conversation to action. To succeed in our … Read more By Kevin Ressler - June 8, 2020
Community Voices OUR CEO’s Thoughts on the Racial Pandemic What happened in Minneapolis to George Floyd, in Louisville to Breonna Taylor, and near Brunswick, Georgia to Ahmaud Arbery has shocked the conscience of many in … Read more By Kevin Ressler - June 8, 2020
Community Voices Ethan Lown’s Reflections The 2019-20 school year has been unlike any other. As the school year comes to a close, OneUnitedLancaster invited local educators, students and their families to … Read more By Ethan Lown - June 5, 2020
Community Voices Maintaining Recovery During COVID Many of us know that HALT is an acronym used in recovery (or 12-step programs) to check in with ourselves when we’re starting to have an … Read more By Deborah Miller, MA, LPC - June 4, 2020
Community Voices Tyler Heiney’s Reflections The 2019-20 school year has been unlike any other. As the school year comes to a close, OneUnitedLancaster invited local educators, students and their families to … Read more By Tyler Heiney - June 3, 2020
Community Voices Mourning Has Broken “Morning Has Broken” is just one of those songs that I catch myself absentmindedly singing. It’s an ear worm of a tune with exquisite lyrics that … Read more By Liz Fulmer - June 3, 2020
Awareness Community Now – What is Happening? Why are Communities Burning? Its 2020, we are in the middle of a global pandemic, 40 million Americans are out of work and we’ve watched the murder of George Floyd … Read more By Stacie Blake - June 3, 2020
Awareness What Does Caring Look Like? The springtime weather is so beautiful as I write this post, it’s as if Mother Nature were trying to make up for all the cold days … Read more By Amy Sechrist - June 3, 2020
