CONNIE JENKINS
BIO
Connie Jenkins was a newspaper reporter and editor for more than 30 years before coming home to Northern New York. A graduate of St. Lawrence University, she is now Director of Church & Community Program, which operates a thrift shop and a food pantry that serves around 200 families a month. She's interested in telling the stories of "The Invisibles," i.e., the working poor, people in recovery, and anyone else set apart from the mainstream community. Contact her at conjenkins_5 [at] yahoo.com.
By Connie Jenkins
What do we encounter every day that most of us just don't see? The cruelest life circumstances are translated into statistics — cold percentages that don’t fully show the heartache of poverty, addiction, crime, and loss. The numbers represent real people in our hometowns who are struggling to cope, to build or rebuild their lives, but it’s as if they’re invisible to us. Connie Jenkins introduces us to two “life in progress” stories of North Country residents who have battled substance abuse.