Categories: Misc, Other, Our Perspective

Happy Father’s Day from D2L’s Director of Operations

It was September 9, 1999.  “A DAUGHTER? What am I going to do with a girl??”   Unlike most people these days, my wife and I chose not to determine the sex of our child before she was born, thus the gargantuan shock.  Like most men, I automatically and rather foolishly assumed that I was …

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Categories: Misc, Other, Our Perspective

One Guy’s Mission to Give Back

You could say Matt Waldman is a football guy.  After all he is a featured writer on www.footballguys.com.  He also authors his own blog at www.mattwaldmanrsp.com.  With almost 60,000 followers of his expert analysis of college prospects and the NFL Draft, serious football folks are eager to hear what Matt has to say.   His …

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Categories: Other, Our Perspective

Dialogue Brings Perspective, Public Attention to Child Sexual Abuse

Late December is always the time for reflection. We consider how our thinking has been affected by what we’ve learned during the past year, how it has changed behavior and, ultimately, altered some beliefs. Change in perspective on child sexual abuse may be 2011’s lasting legacy. But it is so much more than a year’s …

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Categories: Misc, Other, Our Perspective

Penn State Incident Should Empower All Adults To Better Protect Children

As individuals and communities, we are all impacted by the horrible allegations of child sexual abuse by a former assistant football coach at Penn Sate.  These reports leave us  wondering how such atrocities could happen when so many well-minded adults were around –– yet none took the necessary action steps to end the abuse and …

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D2L Op-Ed, Charleston SC

Reducing sex abuse of children BY JOLIE LOGAN Sunday, November 6, 2011 Last week’s allegations of child sexual abuse against a local assistant principal and coach have brought shock, dismay and outrage. The accused was in a position of trust, and our tri-county community is in search of answers. There may be a rush to …

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