The LINC Monthly Spotlight
In this installment of the "LINC Monthly Spotlight" we spoke to long-time LINC supporter and Board Member, Kim Cook, to get to know her better.
What is your proudest moment at LINC?
There are so many to recall! But I will share one in particular…
We were having restorative justice circle process with LINC
residents on a weekly basis. When Anthony Ray Hinton was
our keynote speaker for the Milestones dinner that year, he
came to our circle process. Having survived 30 years on death
row in Alabama on a wrongful convictions, Hinton had been
exonerated and released the year before coming to visit. He
survived death row by maintaining his capacity for joy as a
human entitlement. “They had my body, but they did not have
custody of my brain or my heart; that was still mine. So they
could not take my joy!” Our circle process that week was about
finding joy in difficult times, and he talked about his experience
in our circle. I think the LINC residents found it very inspiring to
meet him, and to learn about his story. I was deeply honored to
be in circle with everyone that day.
If you could witness any historical event, what would you want to
see?
I would try to stop the Salem Witch Trials. I have two ancestors
who were accused witches; one was hung, the other survived
and deeply traumatized.
Tell us something about yourself that would surprise us.
I am terrible at arithmetic
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I really enjoy birding and being out in nature; I have 304 birds
on my life list and only 600 or so more to go for North America.
What is your personal philosophy?
Healed people heal people. It’s about restorative justice, it’s
about trauma informed care and practice, it’s about being
helpful instead of harmful.
What would you like to be famous for?
Being kind.
