Meet Our Bridges is ClassACT HR73’s way to introduce our classmates and extended community to our Bridge Partners by letting them create awareness of their mission as well as solicit volunteer help and/or donations.

This April, we feature the Cole Resource Center, an organization which offers custom guidance to those in our community who face mental health challenges: individuals living with mental health conditions and their family and friends. CRC’s free support services include referrals to resources, job coaching, and opportunities for open, stigma-free conversation. CRC staff share their lived experience and expertise as peers and allies in navigating the journey to healthy and productive living. Cole Resource Center President Ellen Faran ’73 will be joined by four of her CRC colleagues in introducing the work of this small nonprofit and discussing the unique value of non-clinical services in meeting today’s intense needs for mental health support.

As Ukrainians fight for survival and fellow Europeans fear a Russian victory, ClassACT HR73 invites you to a discussion on the future of Ukraine, Russia and Europe in the wake of Trump’s election. Moderator Ryan O’Connell ‘73, author of the Substack newsletter“The Wall Street Democrat,” will lead a discussion with international security expert and retired Marine Colonel Mark Cancian ’73; former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith ’73; and former president and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and former AP Moscow Bureau Chief Thomas Kent. The panel will consider questions like the possible consequences of the United States cutting off aid to Ukraine, and Russia’s continued attacks on Ukraine despite previous promises to seek a ceasefire. Other likely questions include: Can European nations provide enough support to sustain Ukrainian sovereignty if the United States under Trump cuts off aid and arms shipments? How long can Vladimir Putin’s government continue its assault on Ukraine when the number of killed and injured Russian soldiers is already estimated to be more than 700,000 at the end of 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Defense? Finally, if the United States were to abandon Ukraine and Russian troops were to overrun that nation, what would be the repercussions for the rest of Europe?

Please share this invitation with anyone you know who is deeply concerned about the fate of the Ukrainian people and global stability.

Lindsay L. Clarkson ’73 will speak about psychoanalytic perspectives on our relationship to the natural world: reckoning with our capacity for destructiveness and our capacity for concern.

Featuring Krish Bhatia, founder of Transparent, a platform that helps nonprofits raise more funds by leveraging AI to enhance donor trust and engagement.and Katie Marinello, digital marketing specialist and founder of KT World Communications, who will speak on using AI to increase donor engagement and trust, as well as the ethics of AI surrounding media and communications.