Andrea, we thank you for your steady hand during uncertain times. For your leadership, for your example, and for instilling confidence in us as professionals at a time when all of our jobs, roles, and expectations were upended without warning. We thank you for working without stopping, with no desire to be in the spotlight. As we move into new uncertainties of next year, we thank you for keeping us afloat and together, feeling supported and heard.
Donald Trump’s character failings will likely extinguish his chance to be re-elected. But those failings have extinguished the lives of thousands of Americans.
Want to work with an organization seeking criminal justice reform? Consider joining the local chapter of the Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration (CADBI-DELCO).
In a recent survey of more than 900 young adults, conducted by some of my colleagues at the University of Missouri’s Center for Body Image Research and Policy, 40% said they would rather contract COVID-19 than gain 25 pounds while social distancing. This finding saddens me for many reasons, most of all because of the light it sheds on how deeply entrenched many people’s concerns about eating are. But it’s also possible to use the opportunity of being stuck at home — many of us with our families — to develop a more positive relationship with food.
