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Written by Stuart Muszynski, President & CEO, Values-in-Action Foundation, and Featured Guest Contributors

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Jun 18
1 min

Cleveland.com OPINION: What would a community called “Kindland” look like?

Written by India Pierce Lee and Marc Byrnes Opinion Article featured on Cleveland.com June 18, 2021 Article Link: What would a community...

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Statement from Values-in-Action About Recent Event in Our Nation’s Capital

Stuart Muszynski

Jan 7
2 min

Statement from Values-in-Action About Recent Event in Our Nation’s Capital

Dear Friends, What we witnessed yesterday in our Nation’s capital, on the steps of the Capitol Building, and in the storming of our seat...

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Stuart Muszynski

Jan 5
4 min

When Did We Stop Looking at Intentions?

“Believing in negative thoughts is the single greatest obstruction to success.” -Charles F. Glassman In the wake of political...

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Article Featured in CJN: Kindness transcends generations, can repair world

Stuart Muszynski

Oct 24, 2020
1 min

Article Featured in CJN: Kindness transcends generations, can repair world

Written by Stuart Muszynski Please read this incredible story that proves kindness is the gift that keeps on giving throughout time. It...

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Will “The Power Elite” Rise Up Once Again?

Stuart Muszynski

Aug 28, 2020
5 min

Will “The Power Elite” Rise Up Once Again?

In 1974, I was a visiting, junior-year political science student (one of only 16 young men) at all-women Smith College, and I took a...

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If We Don’t Recognize Darkness, Will We Ever Know Light?

Stuart Muszynski

Jul 9, 2020
5 min

If We Don’t Recognize Darkness, Will We Ever Know Light?

This blog is based on the premise that we as human beings perceive our reality through contrasts that are placed before us. That’s how we...

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Stuart Muszynski

Jun 12, 2020
6 min

Thou Shalt Not Admit Racism

Several yearsRacism ago a friend sent me a list of biblical passages that elementary school children had misquoted. One such “quote”...

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STATEMENT: Power of Kindness: On racism and violence in our nation from Values-in-Action

Stuart Muszynski

Jun 1, 2020
1 min

STATEMENT: Power of Kindness: On racism and violence in our nation from Values-in-Action

We are horrified at the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police or former law enforcement in...

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Article Featured on Cleveland.com - Opinion

Stuart Muszynski

May 27, 2020
1 min

Article Featured on Cleveland.com - Opinion

After the coronavirus, let's make Cleveland "Kindland: Written by Edward Kraus & Stuart Muszynski What would Cleveland look like with...

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Stuart Muszynski

May 8, 2020
1 min

Life's a Smoothie - #JustBeKind

Watch Stuart's take on meanness vs. kindness in this smoothie demonstration video. Which one would you choose? It's our hope at...

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Stuart Muszynski

Apr 29, 2020
5 min

The Tail of Two Viruses

“This is a generational, fundamental change in our society.” – Matthew Dowd, ABC News No, I do not mean tale. A “tail” in insurance...

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Takeaways on Living the Coronavirus as “Groundhog Day”

Stuart Muszynski

Mar 23, 2020
5 min

Takeaways on Living the Coronavirus as “Groundhog Day”

Despite the troubles of our world, I have kept the love of the inner life in which I was raised and man’s hope in love. In life, there is...

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Kindness Can Lengthen Lives, Increase Happiness and Improve Community

Stuart Muszynski

Feb 28, 2020
4 min

Kindness Can Lengthen Lives, Increase Happiness and Improve Community

Stuart Muszynski and Shelly Senders, MD February is National Random Acts of Kindness Month. Here are some reasons why incorporating...

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Stuart Muszynski

Jan 10, 2020
5 min

Being Different Makes Us Better

Two weeks ago, on the seventh night of Hanukkah, a man barged into a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, wielding a machete and slashing...

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Stuart Muszynski

Dec 11, 2019
5 min

The World According to Mr. Rogers

Fred Rogers, the late host of PBS’ “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,” whose life of goodness is profiled in a new feature film starring Tom...

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Stuart Muszynski

Oct 7, 2019
5 min

The Parable of the Pinecone

Last week, at an event in North Carolina, Reverend Franklin Graham urged Americans to “come together as a nation and focus on the...

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Stuart Muszynski

Sep 5, 2019
1 min

A Fellow Blogger: Tim Dimoff

Please take a moment to read Values-in-Action Board Chairman Tim Dimoff's latest blog, an insightful and thought-provoking take on...

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Stuart Muszynski

Aug 8, 2019
5 min

Hoping for a Star Trek America

The America we see every day in the news is one in which conflict, mean discourse, nativism, racism and other acts of negativity and...

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Special Message from Values-in-Action Responding to Mass Shootings

Stuart Muszynski

Aug 6, 2019
1 min

Special Message from Values-in-Action Responding to Mass Shootings

US Representative Veronica Escobar, who represents the El Paso district where 20 people were killed at a Walmart, said that “We not only...

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Stuart Muszynski

Jun 11, 2019
6 min

Another Day, Another Shooting

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” - Edmund Burke We must do something about...

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VALUES-IN-ACTION BLOG POSTS

Written by Stuart Muszynski, President & CEO, Values-in-Action Foundation, and Featured Guest Contributors

About Stuart

Cleveland.com OPINION: What would a community called “Kindland” look like?

Statement from Values-in-Action About Recent Event in Our Nation’s Capital

When Did We Stop Looking at Intentions?

Article Featured in CJN: Kindness transcends generations, can repair world

Will “The Power Elite” Rise Up Once Again?

If We Don’t Recognize Darkness, Will We Ever Know Light?

Thou Shalt Not Admit Racism

STATEMENT: Power of Kindness: On racism and violence in our nation from Values-in-Action

Article Featured on Cleveland.com - Opinion

Life's a Smoothie - #JustBeKind

The Tail of Two Viruses

Takeaways on Living the Coronavirus as “Groundhog Day”

Kindness Can Lengthen Lives, Increase Happiness and Improve Community

Being Different Makes Us Better

The World According to Mr. Rogers

The Parable of the Pinecone

A Fellow Blogger: Tim Dimoff

Hoping for a Star Trek America

Special Message from Values-in-Action Responding to Mass Shootings

Another Day, Another Shooting