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About Pepsi with Brigid

My mom and I decided to do this video blog together after I read a post from a friend on Facebook where he said that he wished he could have spent more time with his mom and share his business with her... I am fortunate that my parents live in Evanston still and I am able to share this with her.

Perhaps, Penelope

This is a story about a 2nd grade student, Penelope who is fully included into her home school of Willard Elementary School in Evanston, Illinois. In this piece, we explore the tough decisions that Matt and Megan Lassman went through … Continue reading →

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Come watch the viewing of “Perhaps, Penelope”

Posted on April 1, 2013

  Rather than just posting another video blog here at Pepsi with Brigid, we are going to have a viewing event first at Inclusion Solutions along with a discussion. We have shared the story of the Lassman’s several times now. … Continue reading →

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Fighting Poverty: Where do you start?

Posted on August 13, 2012

Have you ever thought that the idea of Poverty is just to big to think about, much less get involved with?  Me too. After the earthquake in Haiti, I traveled there as a friend of a local organization in Evanston, … Continue reading →

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The FDR Memorial – A Story of a Statue (a conversation with Anna Eleanor Roosevelt)

Posted on June 7, 2012

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Brigid and Patrick Hughes have a conversation with FDR’s granddaughter Anna Eleanor Roosevelt about the FDR Memorial in Washington DC. They discuss how the artist was recommissioned to come back after the memorial was dedicated to depict President Roosevelt in his wheelchair. She discusses how this decision came to be.

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Remembering Brian Hughes – Innocence, Prison, Mental Illness, AIDS and Family

Posted on April 24, 2012

My parents Pat and Brigid Hughes sat down with me to discuss what it was like to raise a child with mental illness.  It has been 5 years since my brother Brian died and today (April 24th) would have been … Continue reading →

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Meet The Lassmans – The impact of disability on the family

Posted on April 11, 2012

Please meet my friends, the Lassmans.  7 years ago, their daughter Penelope was born and there began a wild road of learning how to live with a child with disabilities and how it has impacted their whole family.  They also … Continue reading →

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Two Worlds Come Together To Make A Deaf Friendly Business

Posted on March 19, 2012

Do you believe in coincidences? In early February, I received a call at work from a McDonald’s franchisee in Morganton, North Carolina asking about our OrderAssist system to make drive thrus accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing community.  … Continue reading →

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Pictures from our trip to The North Carolina School for the Deaf and McDonald’s

Posted on February 27, 2012

We wanted to share some of the images of our trip to North Carolina where we met with 5 students and their teacher to talk about what would make their town more “deaf friendly”.   The students researched a video online … Continue reading →

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Meet the Fab 5 from North Carolina

Posted on February 24, 2012

Please meet the Fab 5 from the North Carolina School for the Deaf.  These students along with their teacher, Rene Skelton are the reason Brigid and I traveled to Morganton, North Carolina this week.  We have exciting news to share … Continue reading →

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We are headed to meet 5 students at The North Carolina School for the Deaf

Posted on February 16, 2012

Yesterday I received a phone call from the North Carolina School for the Deaf in Morganton, NC.  This teacher has 5 students that are working on an “Action” project in their community and went online and found this video on … Continue reading →

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