[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!
Melanie Faith
Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.
Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.
The Society of Professional Journalists
In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.
I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.
Maxine Greene
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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Weekly Wide-Awake: Prevention
I started ghostwriting for The Ohio Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Prevention and Promotion in September 2022. As a new entity tasked with building connections within the Ohio prevention field, the Center hit the ground running. I had my ...
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Health Equity as Community Commitment
Treatment works. It might take a while, but treatment works. Everyone deserves access to treatment. Everyone deserves access to quality health services across the continuum of care. We live and work on the frontline in our community center, schools, ...
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The OCAM Network: Creating the Conditions for Positive Behavioral Change
Prevention is grassroots work. In its simplest form, prevention is noisy metal chairs, collapsible tables, and quick set up and tear down community-based work. Taking a closer look, it requires quality training and education and formal qualifications...
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Weekly Wide-Awake: Love as the Practice of Freedom
Easing into February with the energy of a month old New Year. Exhilarated by the expectations and goals, exhausted by the speed at which habits are formed. Somewhere between wintering and hibernating, and tackling big new goals. February is an in...
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From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
