Historical perspectives about transformative justice, philosophy about human evolution, and stories from the Changemakers Alliance visits to statewide communities for the "Hometown Values & Vision" series.

Guiding fundamentally changed how I view, interact with, and share our rivers and natural spaces with others.

We are all survivors of the human condition. All of us are attempting to make our way through the world. If we could go across the room and ask everybody to tell us "what makes you happy, what makes you sad, what challenge you have had in life, what success you have had, what makes you tick" — three things would happen.

No one can do a recovery process alone. Whether it be a chosen family, or people with similar backgrounds, or a neighbor's care and concern, or a neighborhood watch, human connection accompanies recovery.

After the murder of George Floyd, community members who had been involved in earlier work for police reform returned to the agreement that had been negotiated with police and city representatives in 2003 to understand what more can be done today.