Listen to the land, listen to one another. Slow down and reach into the uncomfortable spaces ignored for centuries. Touch the wounds in our hearts
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We Just Need Political Will
The problem is systemic and is reaching almost epidemic proportions. Rents are soaring in every state and community at that same time when most Americans
Continue readingListening, Learning and Pride
Often, humor was the antidote to loss. The more I listened, the more I learned. Sometimes the lessons cost me my pride. –White Birch, Red
Continue readingCommunity Over Government
Even if government helped people—and he didn’t think it did much—government should never, Mike felt, erode the spirit of a community. He had grown up
Continue readingCrucial Storytelling
We had been taught not to look back. We had been trained to disconnect from family and our homelands. We had swapped our stories for
Continue readingEmpathy Walls
An empathy wall is an obstacle to deep understanding of another person, one that can make us feel indifferent or even hostile to those who
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