“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” asked Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., famously. At Gateways, we decided to answer this question by instituting our own “Day of Service” this year on MLK Day, instead of holding our usual office hours.
What a start to 2022 so far. My inbox has not been cheery; rather it’s been filled with dire emails about the current COVID surge, about the snowstorm, and numerous classroom and school closures because of either or both.
On Wednesday, January 5 at 7:00 pm, Yachad New England and Gateways present Life Does Not Have to Be Perfect to Be Wonderful: An Inspiring Evening with Jodi Samuels.
Gateways has resumed our partnership with Understanding Our Differences, an organization that works to foster respectful and inclusive schools and communities for people of all abilities.
I read a Boston Globe article that came out this week, entitled “Disability should not mean invisibility,” and was reminded yet again of how even though the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law over 30 years ago, and we have made progress since, there is still so much more that needs to be done.
Happy Chanukah! In this week’s video message, I talk about the Maccabees and some of the unexpected ways that we at Gateways are learning from their example.
These last few weeks have been filled with such energy, with everyone fully in back-to-school mode. It is especially exciting to see our children and teens participating in-person for the first time in 18 monthsRead More
In my video message this week, I talk about our mandate to take action for the causes that are dear to us.
Gateways’ next Preschool Professionals Consultation Hour will take place on Tuesday, November 16. The goal of this new program is to offer an informal space for consultation on inclusion and disability-related issues
The sukkah — a simple little hut with holes in the roof — is usually our annual reminder of how impermanent our lives truly are, and that we cannot take blessings like food and housing security for granted.
