Black Men Healing in Community, by Eric Rey (Cohort 13)
“It will take time, work, love, patience, persistence and a dogged insistence that we deserve a world where we all truly belong…”
Following Your Heartstring, by Genese Clark (Cohort 13)
"It’s about following your heart, looking for answers in undiscovered places, and daring to go to places internally that you didn’t even know existed. Then suddenly getting it! When we follow our heartstring, there’s no telling where we could end up..."
Seeing Those Who Can’t See, by Anne Fortunato (Cohort 5)
"...People who are blind do not judge those around them in the ways the rest of us do. People who are blind do not see skin color, for example. All they know is what they learn from what others say and do. It’s such a non-judgmental way to live, I wish we could all be like that."
Poverty Is Our National Policy: Introducing Broke, by Colleen Shaddox (Cohort 1)
“Things don’t have the be the way they are. In much of the world, we manage to take care of people pretty reasonably well. This is the wealthiest nation in human history, we can do it here too.” -Colleen Shaddox (Cohort 1)
The Unheard, Unhealed Trauma of Immigration, by Maysa Akbar, PhD, ABPP (Cohort 14)
"These stories highlight that 'freedom' to enter into this country is rarely free - in particular for people of color. Whether refugee or undocumented, there is a price that many have paid by the deeply distressing and disturbing experiences they have endured..."
Cranky About Leadership in America, by Veronica “Roni” Holcomb (Cohort 26)
"...We mistakenly ascribe external, physical attributes as prerequisites for leadership – things like gender (generally, male), education (MBA), height (tall), race (white), family background (you get the idea). This is a very biased – and ineffective – way of choosing leaders. And we are suffering for it."
Michael Haynes, Director of Real Estate Development & Property Management (Cohort 14)
"...Kindness, social enterprise, and economic development can successfully co-exist and help to positively transform communities that are suffering from poverty and crime into vibrant hubs..."
The Power of Story, by Julie Anderson (Cohort 24)
"A few days later, the rippling feeling settled. And in its place, came a truly unexpected feeling: exhilaration... It is amazing how heavy that one pebble had been to carry all these years..."
The Way of the Warrior, by Susan Nappi (Cohort 22)
“…I train so I can fall. I train so I can get back up. I train so I can befriend rather than unfriend.... And I train to heal the enemy from within before it creates more suffering.”
Andy Friedland (Cohort 23)
"...I’m excited by the kinds of organizations that are really connecting with and giving voice... Letting people tell their stories, and inviting everyone to join and really create something together. The new book about the Parkland kids brought me to tears, they’re so passionate and not cynical. They’re intensely attached to what they’re fighting for."