President’s Message Dear LRA Family and Friends, I begin this newsletter by acknowledging our role as not only a community of scholars but a community of professionals who care for and about our colleagues and the constituents impacted by our work. We care about the well-being of those in our LRA family with ties to Michigan State University and other academic institutions and a growing list of elementary and secondary schools and their respective communities of students, staff, and families who have been traumatized by the acts of gun violence. Such violence has resulted in the injury and

President’s Message   Dear LRA Family and Friends,   “If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.” ― Marian Wright Edelman   The words of Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and president emerita of the National Children’s Defense Fund, and a civil rights activist, carry significant meaning in what many describe as tumultuous and unprecedented times. Like many professional organizations, we are obligated to take the steps needed to inform the public and influence the policies, practices, and