THE MAYDAY EDITION In this issue, we present stories that speak to the needed conversation of awareness to action. For the causes we support that tie us all together, there is an urgency to think and act now. May the content here inspire and inform you beyond words of understanding, toward actions of change.
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06 THE NEW HUMANITY
58 A DUBAI DETOUR
102 UNSUGARCOATED
14 NOT JUST FOR A DAY
64 METAMORPHOSIS FOR MUSICIANS
104 CULTURE CONSCIOUS
18 TRIUMPH
70 THIS IS DOABLE
108 TO VAX OR NOT TO VAX
24 TRIUMPHANT
74 MY MAY DAY
112 THE LONG ROAD AHEAD
28 PASSIONATE
76 NOT WITHOUT MY NURSES
116 DO YOUR SUFFER IN COMFORT?
32 DAYS LIKE THIS
80 NOW WHAT
120 THROWING OFF THE STRAITJACKET
36 NAKED UNDER MY CLOTHES
82 NEVER TOO YOUNG
124 THE ARC OF ELIKEM ARCHER
44 A CONFERENCE FOR CREATIVES
86 SPRING RESET
128 THE HAPPY BOX PROJECT
48 CHECKING IN
90 CREATOR’S CALLING
132 A LETTER TO THE MODERN MOM
52 MOM FAIL
96 MOTHER’S DAY EVERY DAY
56 KINDNESS IS ACTION
98 I AM ME
CHRISTY LEE ROGERS LEX GILLETTE RJ MITTE
MICHAEL COFFEY
EMILIE GOLDBLUM LORI BUTIERRIES SAGE GALLON MAXIM JAGO
DR. JENNY MARTIN CORI LEVINSON BTWF/CHANNEL KINDNESS/TEREZ HANHAN
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AWARENOW / THE MAYDAY EDITION
CHARLOTTE ALEXANDRA NICK BOTTINI
COLONEL RUSS BARNES/ALEXANDER TAYLOR PROVIDENCE BOWMAN JOEL CARTNER
DESMOND CLARK NATALIE ASATRYAN/TANITH HARDING JONATHAN KOHANSKI CHIEF OGIMAA
ERICA LAUREN/AALIA LANIUS THI NGUYEN
DR. ROBERT PACE IAN ADAIR
PAUL ROGERS
NED STRANGER
ELIKEM ARCHER/ALEXANDER TAYLOR TAMMY LAWRENCE
LORRAINE D’ALESSIO
KRISTEN MARTIN
CLAIRE LIBBY/TANITH HARDING
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