the hard way on purpose by david giffels

We may not adopt every idea, but we will engage people in a positive and respectful way that empowers them to keep participating. We will engage folks intentionally, with a process by which feedback can be heard and reflected in our platform and policies. Our campaign and our city government should look like Akron in race, ethnicity, gender, age, geography, socioeconomic background, ability, sexual orientation and gender identity, language, background, life experience, and more. A collective vision for Akron’s future requires as many voices at the table as possible. We must understand our history and respect the hard work of those who came before us, while being honest about what needs to change.Īkron is full of all kinds of people, with all kinds of perspectives and experiences. David Giffels, author of The Hard Way on Purpose Baird Harper’s clean, mordant prose makes this cubist thriller a rush to read and assemble. This raw, fearless debut announces Baird Harper as the real deal. We must listen more than we speak, and seek to understand where each person is coming from. In this artfully plotted thriller, towns and people get stories stuck to them that they can’t shake, no matter how hard they try. We embrace that identity by leaning into complexity and nuance. of Akron The Hard Way on Purpose: Essays and Dispatches from the Rust Belt, 2014, etc. Giffels (English and Creative Nonfiction/Univ. Personal disagreements or attacks are not.Īuthor David Giffels writes that in Akron, we take the hard way on purpose. A middle-age man and his father bond over the building of the son’s coffin. Disagreements over policy or politics are inevitable and important. Now in its second edition.Everyone deserves to be treated with honesty, dignity, and respect – especially when we disagree.

Books Car Bombs to Cookie Tables: The Youngstown Anthology. Before I could embrace a new stage of cycling, I had to accept a new stage of parenting. I thought it would be easy to give away my “mom bike,” an old cruiser that used to have a kid’s seat on the back. When my oldest daughter was about to get her driver’s license this spring, I bought a road bike. Essays From Mom Bike to Road Bike Your Teen In Columbiana County, medical students and residents are learning from one doctor who still makes house calls. Well along in the epic of Moby-Dick, the master harpooner named Queequeg falls so ill that he is convinced he will die before the whaling ship Pequod. A new generation of future doctors are learning to practice medicine in rural places where many people have chronic conditions worsened by poverty and distance from health care providers.

There aren’t enough doctors in rural America. Murrow Award, radio news documentary (small market) 2022 Public Media Journalists Association Award, 1st place, short documentary (Division B) The Rural Doctor Is In WKSU 89.7 2022 Radio Television Digital News Association’s National Edward R.

The hard way on purpose by david giffels