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Jailed for Justice

By Mary Beth Powell on August 15th, 2014

“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made.” – Oscar Wilde In the last year […]

Can You Get on Board with Los Jets?

By Phil Bors on August 7th, 2014

Here’s a great storyline. One that has everything: compelling characters, real-life struggles, a hero’s journey and victory in the face of incredible odds. This narrative has played out across America […]

Leading in a Supporting Role

By Joanne Lee on August 1st, 2014

She approaches her healthy communities work like a skilled photographer. She works patiently to capture that perfect shot, that moment when someone has an “aha” moment. Based on her range […]

Slow Down, You’re Moving Too Fast

By Fay Gibson on July 23rd, 2014

In 1966, I relied totally on my bicycle to get everywhere I wanted to go. In my old New York City neighborhood, if you didn’t have a bicycle you couldn’t […]

Culture of Health: Journey or Destination?

By Sarah Strunk on July 16th, 2014

Last week the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) recognized six communities from across the nation (out of hundreds of applicants) with the 2014 RWJF Culture of Health Prize for their […]

Are You Investing in a Community or a World Cup?

By Rich Bell on July 1st, 2014

If you want to know why a highly successful World Cup event could provoke popular street protests in futbol-obsessed Brazil, just follow the money. Low-income Brazilians, long lacking many of […]

Patience Pays

By Risa Wilkerson on June 20th, 2014

I first went to Wrightsville Beach and Wilmington in New Hanover County, NC when I was a young kid on spring break from school. I remember being so excited, because […]

Do You Know a Connector When You See One?

By Mary Beth Powell on June 18th, 2014

“There are exceptional people out there who are capable of starting epidemics. All you have to do is find them.” – Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make […]

More Than a Job

By Phil Bors on June 12th, 2014

Most of us can recall job descriptions with one final ambiguous responsibility, “other duties as assigned,” the grab bag of impromptu work assignments. In other words, do these chores on […]

Stepping Out of the Exam Room and Into the Community

By Risa Wilkerson on June 5th, 2014

When Active Living By Design’s (ALBD) graduate assistant, Stephen Krumland, goes back to Omaha this month for his final year of medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, […]