Kelly Salasin

Category: WRITING

  • An Unlikely Activist

    Something is up when someone like me—who never followed politics—finds herself crying at the energy behind health care policy. In fact, I skipped a gorgeous afternoon to be home for the 2:30 pm Organizing for America (OFA) event– with President Obama himself. My nine-year old even accepts that I’m not joining the relatives on the…

  • ~a first love & abortion story~

    (Author’s note: This was one of my most challenging pieces to write– inspired by a friend whose teen was making decisions about sex.  A year later, I mustered the courage to share it with my own teen who to my surprise said, “Mom you have to put this out there” –and so I did, on…