Reflections from the ongoing work of practice, leadership, and attention.
These essays reflect an ongoing practice of attention—exploring grief, leadership, belonging, and what it means to live into a new story, personally and collectively.
Listening to Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation
I attended the Summit on Crime Survivors because I knew commercial sexual exploitation was an area I did not understand well enough. What stayed with me most deeply were the voices of survivors, and the question of what responsibility listening creates when listening alone is not enough.
A Veil to Protect Community
Not every act of transparency strengthens trust. At a recent council meeting, I found myself wrestling with whether a small, intentional veil—keeping outcomes public while resisting personalization—might actually help preserve community connection in a time when division comes easily.