James 24:7

Several years ago I spoke at a singles retreat for the East 91st Christian Church Indianapolis.  While there I met a young woman named Darcy Keith who had suffered a severe traumatic brain injury in a car/freight truck accident. 

Since then Darcy and I have kept in touch off and on and I've done my little bit to encourage her pursuit of a career as a professional public speaker who also advocates for people with traumatic brain injury.  (Over a million folks in America!)

TBI has become a major focus in health care because so many soldiers are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with such injuries.  The ABC news anchor, Bob Woodruff, has brought attention to the matter because of his own injury in Iraq.  Many soldiers suffer TBI not because of direct hits per se but because of percussive injuries from various kinds of explosives.

Darcy spends countless hours speaking about and educating about TBI.   Recently, she submitted a video to the Republican debates in Iowa.  In that video she raises questions to candidates about the issue.

She succeeded at that!  Now, she's going after the Democrats in their debate on August 19th.  

Please go to Darcy's video, watch it and then vote for it (just hit the button "rate it" under the video and click on the number of stars...) so it can be presented to the Democratic candidates.   Give it 5 stars and give Darcy a hand in keeping this significant issue before our elected officials!

Then, go on over to Darcy's web site and drop her a note of encouragement!