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7 minutes

When Dance Creates Opportunities

Hussein Smko grew up in war-torn Iraq, and he’s turned his experience into an opportunity. Through his performance, this dancer is not only telling his story, but making it possible for others to share theirs.

Image: Silhouette of a skier on a mountain

36 minutes

[ Conspiracy of Goodness ]

Rewriting Stories on Mountainsides

By Sam Burns

We typically don’t want to go back to a place we had a terrible experience. But what if we did? Here’s the story of three U.S. Army Captains returning to Iraq for the first time since combat to experience something completely different.

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I find myself forwarding most of what I see and learn to my bosses and colleagues on a weekly basis.

~ Deborah DeFrancesco, Teacher

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