rights and responsibilities

So You’re 18

March 28, 2014 by Deborah Matthews

This week I had the privilege of addressing the senior class of The GW Community School about the changes that accompany an 18th birthday. With this bright, engaging group we talked about the rights they now have as well as the responsibilities they face. I gave each senior a copy of “So You’re 18,” published by the Virginia State Bar. This recently updated handbook can be … [Read more...] about So You’re 18

Exemplary Service Award from Mount Vernon Unitarian Church: for tireless efforts to support refugees around the globe, including the Afghan family that MVUC supports locally, with Co-Chair Roberta Finkelstein.
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