As we enter the summer, we wanted to lay out our plan for the center. The last few months have been great for Sacramento Youth Center. Through our online curriculum we have connected with evenContinue reading
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Spring Newsletter 2020
While planning this newsletter the world has changed quite a lot in the last few weeks. Thankfully we already started developing our new program that I wanted to share with you. With that in mindContinue reading
Summer Newsletter
Recently I returned from an amazing trip in Thailand. While I was there, I traveled to an area that is mostly Buddhist and Islamic. The people I was visiting had long worked with the BuddhistContinue reading
Testing the Limits
Intro I was going to write a blog post about our weekend camping with our students. In fact I wrote and was editing it when one of co-workers wrote a far better blog post aboutContinue reading
Inviting Pain
I heard a joke once that was, “When you buy a dog your basically buying sadness 10 years from now.” It’s true, funny and a little dark. Raquel and I have started a new periodContinue reading
Thursdays in Baja
Thursdays are always an emotional day in Baja. Around noon we stand around in an oddly shaped circle and pass keys around. The keys belong to the brand-new house that is standing behind a MexicanContinue reading
Falling in Love with Yosemite
As we drove through the winding hills on the way up to Yosemite I taught our refugee students a very valuable lesson. I explained a tradition that goes back as long as anyone can remember.Continue reading
Violence in our Schools
For the last couple of months every time I show up for one of my Refugee Life Coaching Classes there is a cop car parked out in front of the school. It is always forContinue reading
Fall Newsletter
At the end of August we headed up north to Portland. Portland is in a very similar situation as Sacramento when it comes to refugee resettlement. The government likes medium sized cities for resettlement. WeContinue reading
End of Summer
This summer has had some exciting developments for our work. Last week we finished out the summer with a trip to Portland to launch a refugee program there. We helped launch the program withContinue reading