I'm privileged to have Jackie Salit as a friend and mentor. Here is her most recent essay (Pipat's Letter) lamenting the loss —and embracing the joy—of small pleasures as she witnesses, like all of us, some world events. Yesterday morning, all the boys — the Wild Boars – were rescued. At...
Today's words are from Jackie Salit, President of IndependentVoting.org, the country’s leading strategy and organizing center for independents. Jackie's columns, talks and conversations cut through the mist that the news and its talking heads cover us with. This quote is from her essay, "Making Sense of the Senseless" (October 11, 2017). "The...
Don't miss Jackie Salit (president, independentvoting.org) in the Huffington Post. "Mother Hillary and Uncle Bernie: A Theatrical Review" helps you see things you might have missed. "Like many a mainstay in American theatre, the CNN debate was a family drama. Like A Raisin in the Sun, or Death of a Salesman, or...
On Friday evening October 2, I’ll be creating conversation with two women I deeply admire—Sheila McNamee and Jacqueline Salit. [caption id="attachment_2787" align="alignleft" width="199"] Sheila McNamee[/caption] Sheila is a leading social constructionist scholar and educator. She’s Professor of Communication at the University of New Hampshire and a founder, board member and vice president...
January 3, 2013 Next month I’ll be attending the National Conference of Independents being held in NYC on February 16th. It’s a gathering of hundreds of independent voters from across the US sponsored by IndependentVoting.org, a national strategy, communications and organizing center working to develop a movement of independent voters for...