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Years ago, in honor of the opening and dedication event for the new chapel built at Vista Hermosa community, my brother sent a drawing he had sketched. Have you ever felt like the rider in the drawing?

It all started with what I thought was a simple lesson about encouragement. How can we use our words to build others up?

Humanitarianism is a form of altruism that contributes to the ‘public good’. While young, I found these ideologies foreign. Aside from my family’s giving practices, philanthropy felt undefined. This changed in the in the eighth grade…

Over the last few months, leaders of a community-driven advocacy initiative have come together to have grassroots conversations about the foundational and overall goals of the Tri-Cities immigrant and refugee community. I sat with facilitators, Adriana Davila, Antonio Escalera, and Ivone Guillen to hear their hopes and vision for the future as they listen and guide peers…

Sometimes people and families find themselves in unfamiliar places, miles away from what was once home. In these times it is even more important that doors are opened and community is found…

There is always a time to impact communities through spreading the message of servant-leadership. How can today’s leaders look to serve the most basic needs of their employees and ensure they are caring for the least of these first?

Since 2021, two Rarámuri language teachers have been documenting their work and life in Choréachi and the Sierra Tarahumara…

I displayed a copy of Henri Nouwen’s journal Gracias! at home during the month of November, a season of Thanksgiving in the U.S. I was just about to put it back in its place on the bookshelf, when, while casually thumbing through its pages, my eyes landed on his entry for October 31st.

Millicent Opundo discovered she was HIV/AIDS positive when she fell ill after the death of her husband in 2011. HIV/AIDS was at its peak in 2011, with many people in the Kenya and the community of Rabour losing loved ones to the disease, and antiretroviral medication expensive beyond reach.