Five years ago, I began writing “The Gray Center SUN News” as a means of communicating with the thousands of people around the world who comprise the Gray Center’s “Social Understanding Network.” (See www.thegraycenter.org for more information). Yet the name of this weekly resource hasn’t adequately described the content it contains, nor does it convey my intent in writing it each week.
The new name, “Social Incites,” attempts to better communicate how the socialization insights I provide each week are intended to encourage, support, and even provoke you to take the “next step” in growing personally and interpersonally. Some of you find that these weekly articles help you address your own needs and cultivate and celebrate your personal strengths. Others are using them to more effectively reach out to others in your home or community; to assist them in achieving social success.
Together, we can use these “Social Incites” to build and maintain effective social connections around the world. That’s my personal mission, and the mission of The Gray Center. And by reading this resource, you’re indicating that it’s your mission, too!
I look forward to continuing to connect with you each week, and hope that you will take the “next step” today, whether it’s sending the link to this page to someone who might benefit from this resource, “liking” The Gray Center on Facebook, emailing me to let me know what you think of this resource, making a donation to our nonprofit organization, or tackling the next item on your “to-do list.”
Stepping forward with you,
Laurel Falvo, CFLE
Certified Family Life Educator
Executive Director, The Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding
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