Author Archives: Dignity Freedom Fighter

“Society becomes great when old men gladly plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never benefit from”.  A colleague shared the above quote with me, and I thought to myself what a powerful statement. The origin of the quote is said to be a Greek proverb. It speaks to our place onContinue reading “Dignity: Building a Society of Hope “

This month I had the honor and privilege to meet 6 amazing high school seniors. I was asked to be a part of the team to choose the recipient of the Feigenbaum Scholarship. If you do not know who Armand and Donald Feigenbaum are I have included the link to their foundation so that youContinue reading “Dignity: The future is with the Young “

One of the things I love about my job as Diversity Officer is the opportunity to meet the people in the community I live in and serve. There is no greater gift than when people invite you into their world and treat you like family. I work hard to continue to build those relationships becauseContinue reading “Dignity: The Bridge over all Barriers “

If you go back and look at my past posts many of them focus on Nelson Mandela. As I have said before Nelson Mandela is the definition of how to honor dignity. I have read or listened to his autobiography twice because his story is amazing to me. What he was able to overcome toContinue reading “Dignity: Building Those Calluses”

I had the opportunity this week to meet with some amazing students at Pittsfield High School. I sat around a table with 12+ high school students just to talk about whatever was on their minds concerning their thoughts on access to care and their experiences with health care in the Berkshires. We had about 40Continue reading “Dignity: The Students Teach the Teacher “

I spent my week visiting my parents down in Georgia. During our drive down I had the opportunity to speak with a gentleman who just bought a convenience store. He was born and raised in Mexico and has been here in the United States for about seven years. He first asked me where I wasContinue reading “Dignity: The Preserver of Dreams”

When you make the commitment to hold the values of dignity you say that you will honor the dignity of yourself, you will honor the dignity of others and you will connect to a higher truth. It is a journey not a destination when we travel the road that is called dignity. I have found thatContinue reading “Dignity: The Long and Winding Road “

Easter is a day that is celebrated in many ways around the world and for many faiths and religions this is one of the Holiest weeks of the year. I am writing this dignity post today not to talk about the origins of Easter but to talk about what this day has meant to me, especiallyContinue reading “Dignity: Be the Joy “

Life can bring many emotions. We feel joy when a baby is born. We feel proud when our children succeed and happiness when we find our soulmate, or we get the job we always wanted. These are times we celebrate, and we talk about how wonderful life is. Our greatest challenge is when tragedies happenContinue reading “Dignity: Shine Your Light and Overcome “

One of the biggest roadblocks to dignity is often our internal battles. It is when we have difficulty overcoming those times in our lives when we did not honor our own dignity or the dignity of others. When we are on our lifelong dignity journey, these thoughts will come to us, and we will thinkContinue reading “Dignity: “This is the Way.” The Mandalorian “