Perspectives
​Perspectives consists of Amy's reflections based on the discovery of new information, the cultivation of nurturing relationships and the growth that occurs as a result of both.
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These considerations are meant to instigate investigation, connections and positive change.
Curiosity May Have Killed the Cat, but It's the Lifeblood of Humanity
November 21, 2018
Upon entering the room my senses raced into pleasant overload. The sights and sounds and smells were so wonderful, so beautiful—and, so different from anything I’d ever before experienced.
Millennials and the Fight Against Hate
October 17,2017
Hate.
Just writing that word makes me a little nervous and a lot uncomfortable. Hate defined is “intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury.”
How Research Creates Solutions
November 20, 2015
I have always been curious. When I see a problem, I’m curious as to how it can be solved. In fact, when people are interested in knowing “my best quality,” I often say it’s my curiosity.
This natural curiosity is why I became a researcher.
Stories Propel Change
November 7, 2018
Winslow is two years-old, and has been a part of our pack for a little more than a year now. He is a trusting and gentle soul who has an insatiable curiosity and a great sense of humor.
But Winslow would have every right to demonstrate quite the contrary.
Want to engage millennials? Don’t call them “activists.”
April 5, 2017
While the cause sector often uses the word “activist” as a call to participate (e.g., to actively join in doing good for an issue), other uses of the word sound much more negative.
Research and the “C” Word(s): Cancer & Causes
August 27, 2015
Cancer … the biggest and scariest of all “C” words. This discovery was incredibly painful to hear and even more difficult to take to heart. In my mind, he had just been given a very unfair and cruel death sentence. I was stunned and overcome with sadness. I cried… A LOT.
Millennial Women, Hear Them Roar
January 4, 2018
As 2017 comes to a close, it is impossible not to acknowledge in what an important, albeit challenging, time we find ourselves.
“Survey Says” versus Research
January 18, 2016
“Survey says!” You remember the catch phrase, right? These words became synonymous with the long-running game show The Family Feud.