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Fort Meade Community Rallying to Provide Bootstrapped Resiliency Services
For some passionate FMA members, the ribbon-cutting ceremony that officially opened the Education and Resiliency Center at Kuhn Hall in November was a momentous accomplishment, but it was also a first step in supporting the wellbeing of the Fort Meade community.
“We talk about the grand opening being the culmination of an 11-year, $5.1-million project but it’s not. It is the beginning of the Fort Meade Alliance’s role in making a full range of resiliency services available,” said Joe Pacileo, FMA President.
“The work is just starting,” said Col. Kenneth McCreedy (Ret.), Chair of the Military and Family Committee. “I learned in my military career that when you create a new institution, organization or platform, it is difficult to foresee where it will go. So, you create mechanisms for people to dream about how it can be used in different ways. I think we have created the processes and climate that will allow the Education and Resiliency Center to meet needs as they are identified or as they emerge.”
A lot of that evolution will involve “bootstrapped resiliency” – the process of connecting with high-quality and highly relevant resiliency services outside the fence line.
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