Twenty-five years after the September 11th terrorist attacks, a San Diego nonprofit is preparing to travel across the country with more than 1,000 weighted therapeutic teddy bears and a message for the families who lost loved ones that day: They have not been forgotten. More.
San Diego nonprofit donating 1,000 Comfort Cubs to 9/11 families on 25th anniversary
Painting Them Back Into the Light
Artist Katie Ré Scheidt has spent the past year turning memory into art. While she usually explores abstract, nature-inspired subjects, Scheidt undertook an unusually personal project for the 25th anniversary of September 11th. More.
Mary Fetchet - Spectrum News 1
Mary Fetchet was with a client at the outpatient mental health clinic where she worked in Connecticut when the office secretary burst through the door. Mary had to take a call. It was an emergency. Her husband was on the other line. More.
135ᵗʰ Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Convenes in Nation's Capital as America Marks its 250ᵗʰ Anniversary in 2026
Nearly 5,000 members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) are convening this week in the nation's capital for the 135th Continental Congress, the longstanding service organization's annual meeting. The week-long convention includes business sessions, committee meetings, service projects, and social functions, all topped off with formal evening ceremonies at which national DAR award recipients are honored.
Voices Center for Resilience ‘Building Bridges Luncheon’
Voices Center for Resilience (VOICES) will host its 2026 Building Bridges Luncheon, Honoring Stewards of Memory, on Friday, April 17th at the Country Club of New Canaan. More.
Podcast: VOICES Executive Director Mary Fetchet; ‘Building Bridges Luncheon’ Set for April 17
In this installment of 0684-Radi0, our free podcast, we talk to Mary Fetchet, executive director of Voices Center for Resilience. The nonprofit organization’s Building Bridges Luncheon, emceed by Brian Williams, will be held April 17 at the Country Club of New Canaan. More.
NCVRW CommUNITY Day
Join us in Washington, DC for a Field-Generated NCVRW CommUNITY Day, in partnership with the U.S. Congressional Crime Survivors & Justice Caucus, as part of the national observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. More.
Belief in a just world and prolonged grief disorder among individuals bereaved by 9/11
Belief in a just world is an individual’s conviction that the world is fundamentally fair and that people deserve to be rewarded for admirable actions and punished for unjust actions (Lerner, 1980). More.