Elisheva Zakheim's blog

A classic case of collaborative governance is the Neighborhood Initiative for Hampton in Hampton, Virginia.  Cited by several books on collaborative governance , the Neighborhood Initiative  serves as a model for successfully involving residents in the administration of their environments.

We bury our veterans. As a nation we are, perhaps, ill-equipped to deal with the human consequences of our conflicts, so we bury them. For our country's fallen soldiers, it is a somber tribute. But, metaphorically at least, we also have a tendency to bury the living – the veterans who return to our shores with devastating physical and mental injuries. The inadequacy of the treatment returning vets receive is well documented, from the travesty of neglect at Walter Reed to the sharp climb in homelessness.