The driver behind Eastern’s down-to-earth approach to social justice could be called simply “the Campolo effect.” Tony Campolo, a seemingly indefatigable whirlwind of canny idealism, came back to his alma mater in 1964 as a professor of sociology. He was soon appointed chaplain as well. Campolo rallied undergraduates at Eastern and before long, from across the country to venture outside their classrooms and into the most economically disadvantaged areas of America’s cities.
“What I was able to do was to recognize young men and women who had entrepreneurial gifts, who knew how to create organizations,” recalled Campolo, who used the term
Light at the end of the tunnel : After year apart, vaccinated Idahoans are reuniting Nicole Blanchard, The Idaho Statesman
Apr. 8 For most of the last year, Erin Riley and her parents found ways to spend a little bit of time together when they could do it safely with masks, outdoors and at a distance.
Riley, 37, and her parents Jim Bigelow and Sheila Ames, decided early on in the coronavirus pandemic that they d have to stay apart. Riley works for an independent living organization and often crosses paths with health care providers, while her roommate worked at a local hospital intensive care unit at the outset of the pandemic. With Bigelow at increased risk for COVID-19 due to existing health issues, Riley said the choice to stay apart was an obvious one.