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After America250, tips for crossing our nation’s next threshold Continue reading
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The Threshold of Independence: Applying The Threshold Framework to July 4, 1776 and the Creation of the Declaration of Independence
Every generation encounters moments that change history forever. Sometimes those moments arrive quietly. Sometimes they arrive with cannon fire. On July 4, 1776, fifty-six delegates to the Continental Congress crossed one of the most consequential thresholds in world history. By approving the Declaration of Independence, they transformed thirteen colonies into a nation—not because victory was… Continue reading
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Threshold to Independence: Applying The Threshold Framework to the July 2, 1776 Vote for American Independence
by Sheilah Vance History Remembers July 4. Leadership Changed the World on July 2. Every American schoolchild learns that July 4, 1776 marks the birth of the United States. Fireworks explode every year on that date because it appears at the top of the Declaration of Independence. Yet the nation was not actually born on… Continue reading
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Connie Clery and the Leadership of Transformation: Applying The Threshold Framework™ to the Woman Who Changed Campus Safety Forever
A tribute to the transformational leadership of the late Connie Clery. Continue reading
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4000 Days: A New Tribeca Film Reveals My Role in Changing College Hazing Law
I’m usually not good with keeping incredible things to myself. So here’s a inside scoop about this new film. On June 10th, the film 4000 days will have a world premiere at the Tribeca Festival. The documentary chronicles the struggles of three families whose personal tragedies became the center of a nationwide push for legislative… Continue reading
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The Cost of the Crossing: Memorial Day Memories of the Soldiers at Matson’s Ford, Leadership at the Threshold, and the Human Sacrifice of December 11, 1777
The Cost of the Crossing: Memorial Day memories of the Battle of Matson’s Ford on December 11, 1777 and leadership at the threshold, examined through the lens of The Threshold Framework as developed by leadership strategist, author, and attorney Sheilah Vance. Continue reading
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My Four Page-Turning April Book Events in PA
Sheilah Vance’s 4 PA April Book Events Continue reading
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Today: A New Stamp, My New Podcast
Today, the US Postal Service launched a stamp in honor of the great Phillis Wheatly, my shero, the first African American woman to publish a book, hers being a book of poetry. I take this occasion to launch my new podcast—What Would You Do For Democracy?—the Evolution of the Revolution, which you will find next… Continue reading
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Slavery happened, whether you take down exhibits about it or not
Slavery happened, whether public spaces acknowledge it or not. Continue reading
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Fabulous Gulph Mills Encampment Monument Rededication Ceremony, 12/16
Rededication Ceremony of the Gulph Mills Encampment Monument Continue reading
