Mark Redmond is speaking during the morning service this Sunday, May 29 at the Warren United Church.
The church is located in Warren Village at 339 Main Street. The building is accessible, and there is plenty of parking. Sunday's service begins at 10:00am and will be followed by a time of fellowship (snacks and conversation). All are welcome and invited.
Mark Redmond has worked in the field of caring for homeless and at-risk youth for over 40 years. He is presently executive director of Spectrum Youth & Family Services in Burlington, Vermont.
He has published columns in Forbes, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, Commonweal, The National Catholic Reporter and America. He has told stories for The Moth Radio Hour as well as other podcasts such as The Lapse, Strangers and Risk! A story he told for WGBH's Stories from the Stage played on most public television stations around the United States, and his one-person show on Broadway, So Shines a Good Deed, premiered in October 2019. Six days later his one-person show The Moustache Diaries premiered at The Flynn Space in Burlington. He has performed on stage in Boston, Brooklyn, Montreal and Burlington.
His first book, The Goodness Within: Reaching out to Troubled Teens with Love and Compassion, was published in 2004 by Paulist Press. His latest book, Called: A Memoir was published by Onion River Press in May 2021. Mark graduated from Villanova University with a degree in business administration in 1979 and from New York University with a masters in public administration in 1986.
Mark lives in Essex, Vermont with his wife Marybeth and son Liam.
Recent Commentary by Mark: https://vtdigger.org/2022/04/15/mark-redmond-vermonts-ideology-prevents-humane-mental-health-care/
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