This is a 1969 living room, with a baby (me) sitting in a bouncy seat, which is sitting on a table. I don’t know if I was strapped in on this occasion, but in late October, 1969, I wasn’t strapped in. I wiggled out and cracked my head on a…

I’d been tracking Glori all day. She had started too fast, like so many marathoners did yesterday! How could they not? After a missed year, the 50th NYC Marathon was a BIG PARTY on the Verrazano Bridge. The sun was shining and we were all smiling! We all got carried…

It may not seem like it right now, but as the virus recedes, we will once again see that our public schools anchor our neighborhoods, give strength to our communities. …

Today is International Day of People with Disabilities. Despite myriad restrictions on life due to the pandemic, honoring the rights and fighting for justice for New Yorkers who are disabled should be a top priority for leaders. As President of the Community Education Council, District 3 (CEC3), I hosted a…

As a young Gen-Z American voter, I am immensely concerned with what is occurring in the United States government. Similarly, the people in my age bracket and the younger generations hold opinions but choose not to act. Why is that so? In this miniblog, we will endeavor in this inactive…

On October 3, 2020, Kim Watkins will run the 32-mile perimeter of Manhattan to raise awareness of climate risks at our shorelines, overdevelopment of our remaining greenspaces, and affordability issues that politicians have allowed to fester for decades. New York, NY (September 28, 2020): The Kim Watkins Campaign for Borough…

Kim Watkins Statement on Cyber Harassment at September 17, 2020 Manhattan Borough President Candidate Forum, hosted by the Arena Summit and Empire State Indivisible The goal of harassing someone is to instill fear and insecurity. To gain control, to exert power over another person. Harassment and abuse should not be…

Today is Women’s Equality Day! I plan to put on my mask, give my 11-year old daughter her mask and head out to the subway to visit the newly unveiled suffragette statue of Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B Anthony. We will gab about how hard they fought…

Too often, we attribute the curvature of the arc of progress to the aged and jaded policy-leaders across our government. The leitmotif of youth is not its innocence but its idealism. Should something be unjust, we hasten to uproot it, but we glimpse its solution without the many-paned lens of…