Mari Cordes: Standing for inclusion and compassion

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Mari Cordes, of Lincoln, who is a longtime nurse and former president of the nurses union at the UVM Medical Center. She is a Democratic candidate for the Addison-4 seat in the Vermont House of Representatives.Aren’t you afraid?
That’s what a friend messaged me after they read my postings about helping Syrians, Afghanis and Iraqis out of flimsy “life rafts” and giving them medical care after they fled across the Aegean Sea. After