Like everyone, the immigrant and refugee-serving sector became #suddenlyremote. Agencies had to make decisions quickly to respond to the ever-changing environment. They have been learning, exploring, managing differently. Immediately, there…
Exhale. I have been using a lot of deep breathing lately. Sometimes it is a sigh. Sometimes it is a strategy to recalibrate. Sometimes it is just a reflex. We…
We are living in “unprecedented” times. I nominate the word “unprecedented” as word of the year for 2020. I don’t think I have heard a word mentioned more in the…
Over the last few weeks, we have been scrambling to figure out ways of capturing all that is happening right now. Last week, we launched letters to our future time…
It’s been about 5 months since I last wrote, and I’m sensing a distinct shift, in The Stories of Us program, if not the entire Department of Imaginary Affairs. I’ve…
It's a new year, a new decade and a new cycle of the Chinese zodiac calendar. There are lots of forces at play to make this year epic! At…
We are literally counting down the hours until 2020 and I am leaving this final reflection as a reminder of what we have accomplished, what we have been challenged by…
I started writing this post on October 14. It’s now November 8. This is somewhat indicative of what this post is all about - the juggling act of helping to…