Community & Groups

• Authors Guild
• Founding coordinator of Pennsylvania Journalism Educators
• Listed in, Who's Who in America, Contemporary Authors, and Who's Who in the Media.
• National Federation of Press Woman
• National Society of Newspaper Columnists
• National Writers Union (UAW/AFL-CIO)
• Pennsylvania Press Club
  Pennsylvania Women's Press Association
• The Newspaper Guild
  
  

• Phi Kappa Phi, general scholarship
• Kappa Tau Alpha, journalism
• Alpha Kappa Delta, sociology
• Pi Gamma Mu, social sciences
• Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, life member

• Vice-President of the Central Susquehanna Chapter of the ACLU; Current
  
• Vice-president and co-founder of the Northeast Pennsylvania Homeless Alliance; current
  
• Co-editor, The Oasis 2, Newsletter for families of combat troops. (Sponsored by The American Red Cross)
• Former Public Information Officer and member of executive board, Columbia County (Pa.) Emergency Management Agency
• Former Board Member, Local Emergency Planning Committee
  (Governor's appointment)
• Former member, regional Counter-terrorism Task Force
• Coordinator, annual contest, Pennsylvania Press Club/Pennsylvania Student Press Association
• Senior judge, Delaware Press Association
• Judge, forensics events and journalism contest