In The Media
“Guidance Center Gala Raises Over $485,000,” Blank Slate Media, October 29, 2019
North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center is thrilled to announce that its Celestial Soirée raised over $485,000 to support the Guidance Center’s mission to bring hope and healing to children and their families who are experiencing mental health and substance use...
“People Over Profits,” by Andrew Malekoff, Blank Slate, October 25, 2019
If your child needed a life-saving chemotherapy drug and you were told that because of a shortage you were out of luck, how would you feel? What would you do about it? Sadly, this is no fantasy scenario. It is a 21st-century reality for treating childhood cancer....
“Make Your Voice Heard,” by Andrew Malekoff, Anton Media, Oct 16-22, 2019
As young people all across the U.S. reach their 18th birthdays, they will become eligible to vote in their first presidential election in 2020. It’s shaping up to be a record turnout ever since the vote went to 18-year-olds in 1972, after the 26th Amendment to the...
Newsday Letters Page, “Friends Can Help New Moms Get Care,” by Andrew Malekoff, Newsday Letters Page, October 15, 2019
Singer Alanis Morissette had the foresight to prepare for a recurrence of postpartum depression following the birth of her third child [“Postpartum blues for Morissette,” Flash!, Oct. 8]. Sadly, this is not the case for most new moms who experience depression. It is...
Whistleblowers Are In the Air,” by Andrew Malekoff, Blank Slate Media, October 5, 2019
Despite the contentious politics that the public is exposed to on a daily basis, there are valuable lessons to be learned. For example, I wonder how many working people are fully aware that they have whistle-blower protections and what they are. Their only exposure,...
“Whistleblowers are In the Air,” by Andrew Malekoff, Blank Slate Media, October 5, 2019
Despite the contentious politics that the public is exposed to on a daily basis, there are valuable lessons to be learned. For example, I wonder how many working people are fully aware that they have whistle-blower protections and what they are. Their only exposure,...
“Greta,” by Andrew Malekoff, Anton/Long Island Weekly, October 1, 2019
16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (Photo source: Greta Thunberg Facebook) On Sept. 18, I listened to Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist who testified before a U.S. Congressional hearing on climate change. Her message was brief...
Is it Normal Blues or Clinical Depression?
During the early months of each year, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center conducts an informal study in an attempt to understand who is calling us for help and what needs they’re calling us about. In recent years, the trend has been that most of the...
“Student Speaks Out Against Anti-Semitism,” By Andrew Malekoff, Blank Slate Media, September 27, 2019
I just finished reading an op-ed piece that was published in the Hofstra Chronicle, entitled: “Anti-Semitism is alive and well at Hofstra” (Sept. 12). The author – Leilah Abelman, moved from San Diego to attend college at Hofstra last year. Abelman, an orthodox Jew...
“Guidance Center’s Celestial Soirée To Honor Louis P. Iglesias,” Blank Slate Media, September 26, 2019
Louis P. Iglesias, honoree at the Guidance Center’s upcoming Celestial Soirée gala. North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center has announced that Louis P. Iglesias, President and Chief Executive Officer at Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd., will be the...