Yesterday, after my plane landed in Chicago for a short business trip, the couple sitting next to me got a panicked phone call from their son. He was in Spain on a school trip, and he had heard the news that travel to the US from Europe had been banned. His dad...

Driven by a sense of purpose for providing a safe community for everyone, gym owner Joseph Hawthorne opened Block Fitness in Oro Valley, Arizona. Block Fitness promotes a culture where everyone is safe to be truly themselves and receive support in a judgement-free...

When I was little, I wasn’t sure what conferences were, but I knew they were important because my dad would go to them all the time. From how my dad described them, I understood that conferences were where smart people went to walk through fancy hallways in nice...

Almost no one likes to talk about child sexual abuse. It can bring up a range of feelings, from mere discomfort to shame, rage, and hopelessness. But avoiding the topic has a cost, and that cost is the perpetuation of child sexual abuse. It is estimated that one in 10...

Ah, the New Year. The time when we’re all supposed to commit to improving our lives. The time when, in hopes of becoming a better version of ourselves, we tend to set ourselves up for failure. You know why most of us fail. New Year’s resolutions are usually large and...

AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) is a national program designed to help alleviate poverty in the United States. Founded in 1965, it is now one of the many programs of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Since its creation, over...