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They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything. - Bil Keane, Cartoonist I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. - Albert Schweitzer, Missionary If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a kind word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen. - Loretta Girzartis, Author You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. - A. A. Milne, Author (Winnie the Pooh) Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essayist Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World. - Christopher Columbus, Explorer Nothing is more revealing than movement. - Martha Graham, Dancer In American life, we think we are most free when we don’t need anybody. Exactly what Alzheimer’s represents is absolute dependency …That’s what we all need to learn …how deeply we need one another. - Stanley Hauerwas, Professor of Theological Ethics A good traveler is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveler does not know where he came from. - Lin Yutang, Writer The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. - William James, Philosopher All real living is meeting. - Martin Buber, Philosopher Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat . . .We must find each other. - Mother Theresa, Saint |
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Memory Bridge News 05/01/10 - Spring 2010 Edition of Crossings Published
Please visit and enjoy the Newsletter section of our website to read the full articles. To view the actual e-mail newsletter, please use the "View PDF" link below.
04/14/10 - Memory Bridge Makes Front Page of Tribune
The Memory Bridge Initiative was featured on the front page of the Chicago Tribune on April 14, 2010. To read the Tribune article, click here for the online version. 04/01/10 - Filming New Memory Bridge Video at Lake Forest College Chapel on May 23, 7:00 pm
Michael Verde, founder and president of Memory Bridge, will bring to unforgettable life the deep spiritual and emotional connections between us that dementia can not extinguish. The presentation, The Face You Wore: Healing the dis-ease of Alzheimer’s, which Michael shares across the U.S., will be filmed live on May 23 at 7:00 p.m. at the Lake Forest College Chapel for world-wide distribution. 01/15/10 - The “I Have a Dream” Foundation partners with Memory Bridge
The “I Have a Dream” Foundation is partnering with Memory Bridge to launch Dreamers and Mockingbirds, a 12-week after school, service-learning and literacy-enrichment program based on the Memory Bridge Initiative. The Dreamers participating in Dreamers and Mockingbirds will read and explore To Kill a Mockingbird individually and as a class. Dreamers will also read parts of the novel to their Buddies (the elders with dementia participating in the program with the Dreamers), both in one-on-one and group contexts. 10/15/09 - Michael to speak at Florida Hospice Forum
Michael Verde will be presenting There Is a Bridge at the 2010 Florida Hospice & Palliative Care conference on May 20 & 21 in Orlando Florida. Michael's presentation explores those facets of personal identity that Alzheimer's disease and related forms of dementia can not extinguish. 06/24/09 - June 2009 edition of Crossings published
The June 2009 edition of Crossings, Memory Bridge's e-newsletter, has been published. 06/18/09 - John Kotre's "White Gloves" to be included in Memory Bridge curriculum
John Kotre, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, is the author of "White Gloves", a book which introduces the idea of autobiographical memory, which he describes as "the people, places, objects, events, and feelings that go into the story of your life." 06/10/09 - Memory Bridge featured on Aging Matters
Michael Verde was interviewed on Aging Matters, a radio program that deals with issues affecting seniors and their families. 06/09/09 - Michael Verde discusses the importance of reminiscence on WGLT
Charlie Schlenker from WGLT in Bloomington-Normal, IL profiles the McLean County Museum of History's Senior Reminiscence Program. 06/01/09 - Memory Bridge highlighted in Forget Memory
Anne Basting, Director of the UWM Center on Age & Community, has written a book entitled Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia that emphasizes the importance of activites that focus on the present when caring for individuals with Alzheimer's disease. 05/13/09 - Susan Bussey's interview on WBEZ
Memory Bridge Director Susan Bussey and Michael Marrero, a student at Clemente High School and a current Memory Bridge participant, discuss the program on Chicago Public Radio. 05/06/09 - Listen to Michael Verde's interview on Massage Therapy Radio
Michael Verde was interviewed by Eric Brown, host of Massage Therapy Radio and a practicing massage therapist since 1989. Click below for more information and to listen to the interview. 05/01/09 - Michael Verde interviewed on WGLT
Michael Verde was interviewed by Jim Browne of WGLT, a local NPR affiliate in Normal and Peoria, Illinois. Click below for more information and to listen to the interview. 04/10/09 - Michael Verde to present at Hand in Hand 2009
Michael Verde will present at the closing session of Hand in Hand 2009, a symposium dedicated to massage therapy in eldercare and hospice. The symposium will be held May 1-3 in Orlando, FL. 04/01/09 - Michael Verde to speak on Massage Therapy Radio
Michael Verde, the Founder and President of Memory Bridge, will speak on Massage Therapy Radio on Wednesday, April 15th. The interview will cover the spiritual nature of caregiving and the power of touch. 03/23/09 - March 2009 Newsletter published
The March 2009 edition of 'Crossings' includes Robert Hawley's reflection on the role of hope in his life, an article about the ways dementia affects presence and intimacy, and an analysis of caring as demonstrated in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. These and other articles can be read in the Newsletter section of our website. 10/14/08 - Los Angeles Screening of There Is a Bridge
Join us for a very special Los Angeles screening of the documentary There Is A Bridge on Sunday, November 9, 2008. The screening is presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Within Four Miles": The World of Josh Dorman at the Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM). The exhibition runs through January 11, 2009. 10/10/08 - October 2008 Newsletter published
The October 2008 issue of 'Crossings' includes Michael Verde's "The Power of Attention"; an article about presentations made at this summer's International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease; an introduction to Without Warning, a support group for people with early-onset Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers; and a profile of Memory Bridge's new Director, Susan Bussey. You can download a PDF copy here. 07/30/08 - Memory Bridge: A Talk with Michael Verde
A blog post on www.tangledneuron.info by Mona Johnson, a layperson who began writing to chronicle her search for answers about her father's dementia, that highlights the work of Memory Bridge and the importance of connecting with persons with Alzheimer's in emotionally meaningful ways. Click here to download the post in PDF form. 06/10/08 - June 2008 newsletter published
The June 2008 issue of "Crossings" includes viewer reactions to the PBS documentary "There Is A Bridge"; Michael Verde's "The Mirror and the Bridge"; an article about Meeting of Minds, a program for people with early-stage memory loss; an essay on memory as it is represented in The Sopranos; and a snapshot of the special relationship between a student and person with Alzheimer's disease that was formed through the Chicago Memory Bridge Initiative. You can download a PDF copy here. 01/24/08 - 'HereThereEverywhere' Map Exhibit Finds Its Place
"HereThereEverywhere," the penultimate artistic entry in the citywide Festival of Maps, is a sometimes surprising exhibition that extends the Chicago Cultural Center's 1994 examination of artists and maps beyond traditional media into cyberspace. 10/15/07 - Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Sponsors There Is a Bridge Documentary: Supports Memory Bridge’s Efforts to Show Ways to Remain Connected to Those with Alzheimer’s
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA), a national nonprofit organization based in New York, has become the lead sponsor of the new documentary There is a Bridge, airing on public television stations nationwide. The film reveals different ways of communicating with those who have dementia and explores how these emotionally profound relationships can change our lives. The documentary was produced by Memory Bridge: The Foundation for Alzheimer’s and Cultural Memory. 10/12/07 - U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and Chicago Singer Terisa Griffin at Chicago Premiere of There is a Bridge
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky will introduce the new Alzheimer’s documentary, There is a Bridge (www.thereisabridge.org), at its Chicago premiere October 16, 2007 at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Pinsky will be joined by the acclaimed Chicago singer and songwriter Terisa Griffin, who will perform, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, which she performs in the documentary. 10/02/07 - U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky to Introduce There is a Bridge at Chicago Premiere
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky will introduce the new Alzheimer's documentary, There Is a Bridge, at its Chicago premiere October 16, 2007 at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. 05/31/07 - Planting memories: Students help seniors remember better times
Read an article from Cicero Life about students from Unity Middle School in Cicero, Illinois, who participated in the Memory Bridge Initiative. The students developed relationships with residents of Alden Town Manor Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. 01/11/07 - Sixth-Graders Take Part in Memory Bridge Program
Read an article from the Deerfield Review about sixth-grade students from Elm Place Middle School in Highland Park, who participated in the Memory Bridge Initiative. The students developed relationships with residents of The Ponds in Lincolnshire as they learn about Alzheimer's and its effects. 09/01/06 - Celebrating Senior Storytellers
Memory Bridge is featured in this article from FutureAge, along with other organizations that are striving to use storytelling as a creative, meaningful approach to building relationships. 06/13/06 - Opening Hearts and Minds: CMBI's Inaugural Year
Read a report of the Chicagoland Memory Bridge 2006 classroom initiative. In it’s first year, the program touched 536 students, teachers, and care facility residents from 11 Chicago-area high schools, 5 middle schools, and 2 elementary schools. The care facilities were located in Chicago and the outlying areas. |
