Gratitude AND Attitude
Those who know me know that, in addition to being a writer, playwright and educator, I founded an arts organization ( Hidden River Arts ) which has grown over the last ten years to include yearly fiction and drama competitions, an independent small press, an art gallery and arts outreach programs, including live events. I am also an activist, with a passion for issues related to education. It is in this role that I have struggled the most, often finding myself in despair over the terrible state of our public education in the U.S., the growing corporatization of education, through the corporate colonization of American higher education, and the push toward for-profit charter schools in K-12 education. I despair of the deception, the greed, the cruelty I see in positions of power all around me. Today, a dear friend, Lee Colston who is an extremely talented playwright and actor, and who is no stranger himself to the challenges and struggles of pursuing a vision, posted a Faceboo