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What Comes Next?
Too many Americans are living parallel truths in isolation from each other. But those of us in PA can take the lead in creating processes that restore common goals for…
Healing Communities: Servant Leadership for Municipal Leaders in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Preparing and empowering local communities to manage through the current pandemic requires highly empathetic and service-oriented municipal leaders. This calls for achieving new frontiers of leadership in municipal governance based…
Pandemic—Bigger than We Think: Part One
Lyme Disease is not COVID-19, but it is illustrative of the fact that similar problems will keep recurring unless we look at their upstream causes and their intersectionality with disciplines…
Disabled Leadership: An Overview
There are numerous examples of Americans with disabilities who have not only succeeded, but also risen to leadership positions in companies, governments and organizations. This leads to the question: what…
On Failure and Turning the Corner
Once we eventually turn the corner of this pandemic, how will we measure our resilience as individuals, communities and organizations? As I contemplate these things, I am reminded that inherent…
Public Administration and the New Nullification
Public administration is challenging at the best of times, requiring continuous testing the waters to determine what priorities must be achieved to meet community needs and expectations. It requires working…
Disaster Management: Local Foot Soldiers Press Forward, Unaided but Undeterred
Sadly, the pandemic has revealed to small local governments across the nation that they are on their own in times of disaster. On the other hand, it is incredibly inspiring…
Why the Conventional Social Determinants of Health Must Include Racism (Part 1: Education)
This article is the first in a three-part series that challenges prevailing social determinants of health models and argues for the explicit inclusion of racism as a critical determinant of…
Moves to Ban Immigration Shortchange Vital Role of Immigrants in America
In looking at the data, and at past experiences, it seems clear that immigration is beneficial for the United States. By supporting all current (and future) members of our community,…
Wanna Quit? Don’t.
It’s never been easy to be in the public service, and lately it seems harder than ever. But, don’t quit. When it seems like there is no other path, take…
“The Times They Are a-Changin’”
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a rude shock, like plunging into icy water with no prior notice. We are at that crossroads—the life we know has changed forever and we…
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