Sep 11, 2024
Twenty-Three Years Later: Trying to Remember the Power of Community and Caring
Welcome to Cherry Preschool 2001 On this 23rd anniversary of 9/11, I’m lamenting the loss of community and caring I felt in the aftermath...
Jun 25, 2019
Detention Centers for Children: America's Shame
Published in ChicagoNow, June 25, 2019 Seventy-two years ago today, Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl was published. I remember...
Feb 27, 2019
Including People with Disabilities in Religious Life
Pure joy carrying the Torah at practice Published in ChicagoNow, February 27, 2019 I have been writing about how many religious...
Feb 16, 2019
The Power of Community: Finding Lucy
Published in ChicagoNow, February 16, 2019 Lucy is one lucky dog. She had just joined my daughter’s family, a rescue dog with a sad...
Oct 18, 2018
A Caring Community Creates a Playground for Children with Disabilities
The Happy Ending to the Evanston Park School Playground Story Published in ChicagoNow, October 18, 2018 “The future which we hold in...
Jun 20, 2018
Why You Should See "Won’t You Be My Neighbor"
Published in ChicagoNow, June 20, 2018 I needed to restore my faith in humanity after listening to an endless loop of the heartbreaking...
Mar 29, 2018
Schools Need Custodians Who Care, Not Outsourced Companies that Don't
Photo by Mellierene4 via Flickr Published in ChicagoNow, March 29, 2018 Gus Lira has been Cherry Preschool’s custodian for most of its...
Nov 6, 2017
Words Matter: Trump Tweets but Mister Rogers Comforts
Published in ChiagoNow, November 6, 2017 When we were attacked on September 11, 2001, I was the director of Cherry Preschool. After...
Oct 9, 2017
Guns is America: Anyone May be the Next Victim
In honor of John Lennon who sang, “Imagine all the people living life in peace.” Published in ChicagoNow, October 9, 2017 Today is John...
Dec 7, 2016
Warren Cherry: Trump or God or Obama?
Warren Cherry's portrait on the preschool wall Published in ChicagoNow, December 7, 2016 Every year for the past twenty-four years, I...