Published in GrotonHerald.com, By Robert Stewart, Jan.30, 2015 It was two years ago this month that the worlds of two young women from the Groton-Dunstable community would be irreversibly changed and tragically connected. One woman was a 2000 graduate of Groton-Dunstable Regional High School and the other was only weeks away from graduating with the
Published in Wicked Local-Medford, Posted Jan. 29, 2015 @ 1:50 pm The Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (MATA) brought its “End Distracted Driving” (EDD) [EndDD] program to Medford High School on Wednesday, Jan. 7. The program is headed by MATA President Charlotte E. Glinka and Philadelphia Attorney Joel Feldman, who created the EDD
“What you had said has stuck with me to this moment, and likely would for a lifetime. What you have said I will carry on to my parents, to myself, and to my younger brother. I will be getting my license very soon, and I plan to always keep my phone [….]
A Massachusetts community joined efforts with EndDD.org speakers Saba Hashem and President J. Michael Conley of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (MATA) to bring the EndDD program to students in MA. Read the article on Massachusett’s State Representative, Diana DiZoglio’s site, reprinted here.
Good article summarizing the EndDD presentation: “A portrait of an attractive young woman with blonde hair smiled at them from a projector screen. The bright face belonged to Casey Feldman, who, her father Joel Feldman (EndDD.org) said Thursday, has become a heartbreaking example of the danger and pain wrought by distracted driving […]
In creating the Casey Feldman Foundation and EndDD.org and bringing their “End Distracted Driving” (EndDD) message to the public throughout the country, Joel Feldman and Dianne Anderson “have given their daughter a powerful and important legacy,” the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (MATA) concluded, recently awarding the couple the group’s 2013 Courageous Advocacy Award.
“I wasn’t texting, I wasn’t using my cell phone, but I still killed someone”, says 17 year old Kate McGuire in the new PSA video produced by Casey’s father, Joel Feldman, now incorporated into the EndDD distracted driving presentation. This is one of the first distracted driving videos which features both the driver and the victim’s family. Kate, a senior in high school, describes how her selfish act killed a 61 year old man who was about to become a grandfather for the first time. Emily, the daughter of the man who was killed talks about how this senseless and preventable crash has affected her and her family.
The EndDD campaign has been taken to Massachusetts and kicked off at the State Capital in a press conference
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