by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 18, 2010 | Children, Community, Community Service, Culture, Kids, Life, Live the Questions
Barry S. Childs of West Linn received the 2010 Purpose Prize for his work through Africa Bridge, a nonprofit organization he founded in 2000 to assist children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and other vulnerable children in rural Tanzania. Childs, along with nine other Purpose...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 9, 2010 | Communication, Culture, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian stories
Called the Public Isolation Project, a woman is living alone in a glass room, located at bside6 in downtown Portland, Oregon. The woman, Cristin Norine, will be physically isolated from others for a full month, communicating with the outside world only via the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 12, 2010 | Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Parenting
As a parent, I try to teach my children work ethics. The values of hard work, sticking with the job, learning as you go, being respectful, finishing the job, being kind. But those values fly in the face of the recent news story about a JetBlue flight attendant who...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 16, 2010 | Community Service, Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions
There is a Red & Black Cafe in Middletown, Connecticut. It is a different type of cafe than the Red and Black Cafe in Portland, Oregon. The Red & Black Cafe in Middletown, Connecticut makes it clear that they serve all people. They have sadly received some...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 14, 2010 | Culture, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Writing
My guest column, a follow up reflection on the interesting national conversation that my original blog post, “Where’s a Police Officer to Get a Cup of Coffee?”...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 10, 2010 | Community Service, Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Writing
There have been so many interesting developments and comments and ideas over the past 10 days that my original post, “Where’s a police officer to get a cup of coffee?” went viral. It is amazing the power of the pen in sharing a story. And people are running with it....
