Our hope for the future is not built in the past but on the present. Headlines don’t always lift up or highlight those folk who are working every day to make this world better.  November 20 is transgender day of remembrance. How does our work create a more inclusive world in regards to gender – who is out there pushing the edges and bending the arc of history toward justice?

Legacy is not simply large donations so that your name can appear on a building.  Your legacy is how people remember you. How do you want to be remembered? Is what is important to you really shining through your life?

Syracuse declared itself a sanctuary city. What does that mean in this day and age?

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