He finally announced he’s retiring. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I bet that as soon as disgraced Mater Dei High School football coach Bruce Rollinson is retired and sitting on his Lanai on Maui, we will suddenly have “robust investigations,” “appropriate sanctions,” and “healing and renewal” of the athletics programs at Mater Dei. From…Continue reading Too little, too late …
I was asked to contribute a book chapter for a new book for survivors of child sexual abuse and sexual assault. The book’s focus is tools for healing, which attracted me. Besides, all of us need tools to better ourselves. Victimhood is no way to live. My job is not to protect anyone’s feelings, or…Continue reading Contributions
One of the biggest lessons I have learned throughout my journey as an activist is the lesson of ego vs character. I am certainly not perfect. I have done, said, and written things that I regret. Usually, the biggest regrets come from when I let my ego dictate my path, instead of character. The biggest…Continue reading Ego vs Character
I could complain for days about all of the reasons that being creative is hard—especially when creativity is one’s bread and butter: books, blogs, podcasts, ideas, social media content, video, graphics, marketing, advocacy, activism. I get overwhelmed. But today, I am not going to complain. I am going to fix the problem. Seth Godin said…Continue reading Being Creative is Hard
Recent hazing and violence lawsuits against Mater Dei have alerted a lot of noses to a stink that has been brewing for years: decades of child sexual abuse, hazing, and cover-up at the infamous high school. The parents of a recent hazing victim remarked to me that they had had no idea about the scandals…Continue reading School for Scandal 101: Santa Ana’s Mater Dei High School
