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UPDATE 1/27: Creating Hope After Sexual Assault

After my assault by someone I knew, I desperately searched for resources to help me navigate the confusion, anxiety, and countless questions I had.

BOOK: Helping Loved Ones With Mental Health Issues

The VA has a slogan of “It takes the strength of a warrior to ask for help,” which really resonates with us. 

A Showcase of Books

Suggested books: "Core Samples: A Climate Scientist’s Experiments in Politics and Motherhood." "The Braille Encyclopedia: Brief Essays on Altered Sight," "What We Remember Will Be Saved: A Story of Refugees and the Things They Carry," "From Conflict to Convergence: Coming Together to Solve Tough Problems," "Rise to the Challenge: A Memoir of Politics, Leadership, and Love," "Swinging Into History"

BOOKSHELF: A Story of Refugees and the Things They Carry

Hope is what allows us to look into what seems to be the ruins and discover that there lies everything we need to build something new.

BOOK DEEP DIVE: “Convergence” Author on Why Polarization Does Not Have to Dominate

"Yes, we feel divided, and yes, we are in real ways — but I think the narrative is obscuring a lot of shared values, shared goals, the desire to be in positive relationship, the desire to solve problems together."

Celebrating in Story the Right to Vote

Most books on voting focus on the history of gaining access…

The Chain of History: a conversation with three Jewish lesbian activists

Intergenerational conversation is often missing from queer…

Women’s Rights Through the Generations

Like all married women in Minnesota at that time, my great…

Retrospective: My Odyssey in Sri Lanka

I believe in my heart that we — the donors, the volunteers, and the survivors — remain connected in this transmutation of human tragedy by gossamer threads of love, kindness and compassion. 

“What is a person to do when life is shrinking?”

I have decided that to find what you love, to develop something that you can pour your consciousness into, is one of the fulfillments of old age — when you can indulge in the things that make you feel good.

Talking Politics With Marlene Johnson, Minnesota’s First Woman Lieutenant Governor (part 1)

"I think leadership means being able to engage with teams, being comfortable with differences, being comfortable listening to other points of view, being comfortable with being wrong, being comfortable with nurturing other people to do their best to contribute to an organization or problem solving."

Stories From the Road

“Not every disability is as visible as missing a limb or missing body parts or scars. There are things that affect us internally, beyond what the eye can see.”