Day: May 28, 2024

Remembering we are human

Last week at our 9th Birthday celebration. Mohammed was a barista trainee in 2017 and remains dear to many of us. His experience as a child in Central African Republic is too horrific to share, but his journey since then–although full of understandable ups and downs–has been one of resilience and overcoming.

…because sometimes we forget. “The human heart is the first home of democracy.” — Terry Tempest Williams In a quite fraught meeting a few weeks ago with some community leaders, one man said as a preface to a sincere apology for some things he’d said in an earlier email, “I forgot she was human.” I […]