The Power of the Right Spirit (English and Spanish)
I vividly remember a day when the 80 or so students in one of my college classes became extremely upset at our professor. The class itself was quite difficult, but…
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Currents November 2021
A woman in my former neighborhood simply amazes me. She sees a need in the community, and she does something about it. When I first met her, I didn’t understand…
A Small Idea, a Big Impact
This month, we are delighted to share an experience from Lyn’s daughter, Ellen. Have you ever had an impulsive idea pop into your head and acted on it without thought?…
Giving Girls Dignity Nigeria
I met Dr. Ugochi Ohajuruka the first time I went to the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women in 2017. As I filmed her, I was so taken by…
Cottage Industry Series: Sister Cottages – Houston and Nigeria Pair Up for Powerful Impact
What happens when two cottages that are a world apart geographically adopt each other as sisters? A Model of Powerful Impact. Bam! The Houston cottage in the United States had…
Change – One Drop at a Time: Voices from CSW – Raindrop Foundation
“I have crossed so many rivers I no longer get wet” One evening this summer, just as the light was beginning to fade and the intense summer heat began to…
Houston, We Have a Problem: UN CSC Presentation by Erica Komisar
Erica Komisar shared her research on the first thousand days of a child’s life at the U.N. Civil Societies Conference in Salt Lake City. She said, “Mothers are not just…
Fables and Fearlessness
I remember reading a story to my children about a desert nomad who had a camel that kept asking to come into his tent. Of course, the man told the…
A Mighty Wave: Susan Roylance
Susan Roylance, first and foremost a wife and mother of seven children, as well as a strong advocate for families, founded United Families International in 1978. Since then she has…
On Autumn Days
Last week a student asked me why I became a writer, and more than that, a teacher, and although I usually reach for the easy answers—I loved to read, and…