Today on Context Florida:
Fifteen months before the presidential election, New Hampshire and Iowa is where the action is. That is true every four years, says Bob Sparks. Voters might agree with some, or many, of a candidate’s positions, but they want to vote for someone they like. In a close election, too many might stay at home if the nominee does not make them want to get out and vote.
Catherine Durkin Robinson describes how she became a cliché, a middle-aged woman with everything she’d ever wanted, fighting waves of sadness and in need of professional help. Robinson finally admitted she couldn’t get through this on her own. Her issue didn’t need drugs, it needed analysis. She wanted to talk to someone who didn’t love me unconditionally. Robinson says she wanted to talk to a stranger.
While humans are great at building systems or solutions that focus on highly specific problems or tasks, Teresa Barber says we sometimes struggle as communities or teams to connect those systems or pieces together in a holistic manner. Some Florida communities are connecting the dots as they step up to promote community schools. A series of community schools have been established in Central Florida, and most recently, Tallahassee has built tremendous momentum to launch a pilot at a site in South City.
