Gift Of Our WoundsDec 2, 20181 minHashim realized that forgiving the shooter was the easy part...As an angry teenager growing up in Brooklyn, Hashim Garrett was set up to be killed by his own gang. Narrowly surviving being shot 6 times point-blank, he wa...
Gift Of Our WoundsDec 2, 20181 minCould we be missing the complexity of what school shootings feel like? School shootings have been on the rise over the past decade and it seems that as we reel from the last major shooting, the next one is looming. Why do these ...
Gift Of Our WoundsDec 2, 20181 minDr. Bernice King talks about what "The Gift of Our Wounds" means to her.Dr. Bernice King talks about what "The Gift of Our Wounds" means to her, in a personal and societal context
Gift Of Our WoundsDec 2, 20181 minDaryl Davis finds the gift of his wounds.Musician and race relations expert Daryl Davis talking about how finding the gift in his wounds suffered as a child in a racist attack empowered him to lead ...
Gift Of Our WoundsDec 2, 20183 minThe Gift of My Wounds by Madeleine Black 22nd September 2014; it’s a date I’m likely never to forget. It’s the day that my story was shared publicly for the first time; ending 35...
Gift Of Our WoundsDec 2, 20185 minLena, Love, Loss, and Laos by Angie Aker I met her on the playground in the 2nd grade. Lena was shorter than me with luminous skin the color of mahogany, wide, almond shaped chocolate...
Gift Of Our WoundsDec 2, 20188 minA Former Neo-Nazi Visits Auschwitz by Arno Michaelis I didn’t want to go. Who wants to go somewhere where a million people were murdered? The men, women, and children who were systematically t...
Gift Of Our WoundsDec 2, 201810 minThe Soundtrack of My Life After Hate by Arno Michaelis My first memories of music involve a turntable and Beatles records at the neighbor kids' house. We listened to “Hard Days Night”, along wit...
Gift Of Our WoundsDec 2, 20188 minIn the Strange Land By Dydine Umunyana One must learn how to listen, not to be listened to. One must learn how to accept and then to be accepted. One must learn how to watch, an...
Gift Of Our WoundsDec 2, 20183 minThirteen... By Christopher Buckley ...that's the number of years I spent learning to dehumanize, hate, and ultimately kill Muslims. I grew up in what seemed like an endl...
Gift Of Our WoundsDec 2, 20183 minHealing the Soul of the World By Heval Kelli The wounds of my journey have left scars that many people perceive as reminders of suffering, but I look at them as an inspiration to be there...
Gift Of Our WoundsNov 18, 20184 minPardeep’s Mom and Dad—an Excerpt from The Gift of Our Wounds by Pardeep Singh Kaleka and Robin Gaby Fisher Excerpted from The Gift of Our Wounds My family story begins in the rural village of Dogal, about thirty miles ...
