community building

warm tones highlighting Mikelle surrounded by friends and family. A second image shows Mikelle and her brother as children.

Community. It is all about relationships.

Forty-Two Candles and a Community of Friends June has been one of those months that remind Mikelle and me how quickly life moves and how important it is to pause long enough to appreciate it. In just a few days, Mikelle will celebrate another birthday. Forty-three years ago, I couldn’t have imagined all the people, […]

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Holiday Harmony

Many of you, who came of age in the 1970s like me, remember being inspired by a television commercial. It was a Coca Cola commercial, where a lighted candle appears on the screen, and we see a young, beautiful woman singing, “I’d Like the World to Sing in Perfect Harmony,” the camera pans out. We

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Broncos or Bust: The Power of Rituals in Building Community for People with Disabilities

It has almost been a week since the Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl. The pros and cons of professional football are debatable. After all, the extravagance of the Super Bowl reaches the stratosphere of lavishness. We know the serious issues around injury and concussion, the ridiculous salaries and questionable taxpayer support of wealthy teams,

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