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It was a stunning, significant
Saturday, a moment in history,
as millions marched
across our country and around
the world demanding “Never
Again.”
I understand the power of
what they are doing. I lived
through marching and picketing
for my daughter and other
children with disabilities at
Willowbrook State School on
Staten Island. We did make
a difference, finally closing
down the institution, and
my belief is the young people
seeking stricter gun laws
will be successful too in their
“March for Our Lives” movement.
I couldn’t hold back the tears
when I heard the strong voice
of Martin Luther King’s little
nine-year-old granddaughter
Yolanda Renee King speaking
boldly and telling the crowd
with dignity, “I have a dream
that enough is enough.” Then
I saw and heard Congressman
John Lewis marching and
speaking out today, as he had
in the’ 60s.
He remarked that we never
give in, we fight for what we
believe in and change is possible.
I’ve lived that truth!
With the massive crowds
and resonant message from
the young people, it’s clear
they have created a movement,
not a moment, and that
they will effect change.
They will not be silenced.
They will succeed.
It’s a powerful time in our
history and we are all watching
our elected officials.
Watch out! Ignoring the toll of
school shootings and everyday
gun violence will no longer
be tolerated.
This is a revolution!
Thought of the week from
Maria Shriver’s book I’ve
Been Thinking — “True
happiness comes not
when we get rid of all of
our problems, but when
we change our relationship
to them, when we see
our problems as a potential
source of awakening,
and opportunities to
practice patience, and to
learn.” -- Richard Carlson
One Brooklyn, a Unifying of Hospitals
Another kind of revolution
is happening
for one million people
living in central Brooklyn.
I had the pleasure of meeting
Dominick Stanzione, president
and CEO of Brookdale
University Hospital Medical
Center, and LaRay Brown,
the president and CEO of One
Brooklyn Health, which represents
a partnership between
Brookdale, Interfaith Medical
Center and Kingsbrook Jewish
Medical Center.
They will be leading the
movement to bring superior
medical services to the area
through a unique redistribution
of each hospital’s services
to allow each of the three to
become specialized centers of
excellence.
Mr. Stanzione from
Bensonhurst smiled when he
shared with me what he went
through after being recruited
from Maimonides where he
worked for multiple years. “I felt
like I was being vetted for a
seat on the Supreme Court. I’m
thrilled to have been chosen to
reinvent the way we serve the
residents of our catchment area.”
Ms. Brown has served as a
senior vice president of corporate
planning community
health and intergovernmental
relations at New York
City’s Health and Hospitals
Corporation, overseeing the
largest municipal hospital system
in the nation. Is Brooklyn
blessed !
Our two hours together convinced
me that a revolution is
underway for the financially
strapped, struggling hospitals.
Their vision
is to make a
consortium
with a single
board
of directors
for the three
hospitals. It
will allow them
to make sure
that people at the
three institutions are
working together
toward their mutual
goals.
It was powerful to hear that
they have received $664 million
to improve the physical plants
of the hospitals and importantly
to build on the properties they
own and expand their presence
in the communities they serve
while enhancing their alliances
with existing quality community
health
groups.
Both Ms.
B r o w n
and Mr.
St a n z i on e
admitted that
the success of
the consortium
requires a leap of
faith
by the doctors,
the unions and
the community.
From my perspective,
they are the people
to do this with their experience
and passion for delivering
the finest medical care to the
communities they serve.
This is a revolution, different
than the “March for our Lives”
movement, but just as critical
to our future. May they both
succeed.
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