Standing ankle-deep in a creek on an isolated mountain in southeastern Arizona, I encountered faith. The creek burbled. Sycamore leaves fluttered. Reflections shape-shifted in blue-green fractals. Red mud pulsed with sun. Faith was not an object I could find or lose, not the purple stones I picked up and tossed back into the water, nor my shoes resting on the shore. Faith was a current, cool and foamy, of strong […]
Tag Archives | Youth leadership
Arthur Carey | Fourth of July
Ahmad jerked awake, dragged from uneasy sleep by the wail of a siren on the street below. In his dream, he had been back in the desert in Afghanistan, firing an AK-47 at targets stuffed with straw to resemble men. He was exhausted, worn out from non-stop travel. Was it only days before he had been living with his mother Ameena in a mud house in a village? Now he […]
Warrior for the planet | An interview with Earth Guardian Xiuhtezcatl
Xiuhtezcatl (Shoe-TESH-Caht) Martinez is an 18-year-old climate activist, hip-hop artist, and powerful voice on the front lines of a global youth-led environmental movement. The youth director of Earth Guardians, which calls itself “a tribe of young activists artists, and musicians from across the globe who are stepping up to co-create the future we know is possible,” Xiuhtezcatl is also one of the 21 youth plaintiffs suing the federal government for the […]
Let the goodness roll | An interview with Luc Reynaud
Luc Reynaud is a singer/songwriter and the founder of Luc and the Lovingtons, a “world-soul-reggae” band, fusing music, art, and love to bring people together—sometimes in the most heart-wrenching circumstances. Reynaud was inspired to create the band following a volunteer trip to New Orleans post-Katrina, where he saw firsthand the impact music could have on people who were suffering. He asked his musician friends to join him in creating a […]
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