– May 10th, 2020 – Dear Friends, This weekend, Sunday, May 10th, many of us will celebrate Mother’s Day in addition to IPM’s 46th Anniversary. It will be especially difficult with many of us physically separate from our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, mentors, and all those women who have had such an impact on our lives. … Read more
– April 22nd, 2020 – Today is the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. 50 years…so hard to believe! It seems like only yesterday that I gathered with hundreds (if not thousands) on the New Haven Green to advocate for our Mother Earth—and that was 30 years ago! IPM, like so many of our friends and … Read more
– April 10th, 2020 – Many of us we are now in the midst a sacred time. While it is certainly hard to believe it’s already Passover & Easter, it may be harder still to come to terms with remaining in the continued fast of physical distancing. For a hugger like me, the challenge of … Read more
– April 3rd, 2020 – Pandemia from Italia to where I sit Friends and loved ones caught in a web Tangle of misunderstanding of fear and othering Inability to take heart to take responsibility Where O God to find peace at times like this Where O Soul burdened down Where O Lungs longing for breath … Read more
– March 27th, 2020 – Dear Friends, I write this special note to you after having spent much of the past two weeks in Texas for a family memorial. While gathered there in the midst of an expanding pandemic, I was touched by the myriad conversations with friends from across the IPM Family and the … Read more