As seen online at the Recovery Voices Count blog By: recoveryvoicescount My name is Aaron Kucharski and I had the privilege of working with the Coalition for Whole Health, Faces & Voices of Recovery and its partners to organize the Recovery Wellness Rooms at the Democratic Convention this year! I was in charge of the volunteers that would be staffing the rooms at the Charlotte Convention Center and …
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As seen online at thestar.com By: Kathleen Kenna, Special to the Star RUTHERFORD, CALIF.—Patrick Kennedy likes to show a black-and-white TV clip of his uncle, John F. Kennedy, promising to put Americans on the moon in the ’60s. Kennedy, a former congressman from Rhode Island, has a lofty goal for this next decade — a “moon shot to the mind” that would lead to a cure for brain …
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As seen online, from The Inquirer By: Amy S. Rosenberg, Inquirer Staff Writer BRIGANTINE, N.J. – Maybe in their wildest dream, a fantasy fueled by 114 years of losing elections to Republicans, the Democrats of Brigantine – yes, there are some! – imagined a savior. Someone who would appear on their narrow barrier island in the shadow of Atlantic City, the place the kids call Narnia – one …
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As seen in Philly Mag By: Stephen Fried Two years ago, Patrick Kennedy, a troubled scion of America’s greatest political dynasty, walked into an Atlantic City ballroom and met a local schoolteacher who would become his wife. Now he’s reinventing himself—while living in his in-laws’ house in Absecon. An unconventional love story. ——————————————————————————– ON MARCH 31, 2010, PATRICK KENNEDY came to Atlantic City to give a speech. In …
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As seen in Rhode Island Monthly By Mark Arsenault As the youngest child of Ted Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy has become the heir apparent to a political dynasty. But six months after his father’s death, he reveals what that watershed moment taught him and why he won’t run for Congress again this November. ————————————————————————————————— Patrick Kennedy talked for hours in his big, empty house. Just talked and never got …
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By: David Simpson, Staff Writer at the Press of Atlantic City Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy spoke to more than 100 guests at the Brigantine Lions Club Monday night about what he considers the under-addressed issue of brain injuries among American troops. “I had to come tonight, because as someone who left public office two years ago, I’ve kind of been going through withdrawal of public speaking,” he …
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