I had the opportunity to attend Baruch College for a very special course a few years ago, a collaboration with the Partnership For After School Education which is also known as PASE that was a very intensive and educational, inspiring leadership training. Since that time I've had the blessing to be invited to a variety of wonderful events at Baruch, sometimes through PASE and sometimes through Baruch because in a wonderful way, because of the nature of the course I'm considered an Alum and part of the Baruch community now.
The Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture Series had a guest speaker this past week, Deborah N. Archer, the Author of Dividing Lines, and not only were the conversation that was hosted around her book and the lecture that she gave enlightening, but the conversations before and after with the people I met there were wonderful too. At the very beginning, when I first arrived, I met a young woman who had assisted in organizing the event, a graduate student whose focus was on the topic of discussion. Other guests who I met at my table during the lovely lunch before, and afterward as the event was finishing up, were so interesting to speak with as well because of their background and interests and professional as well as lived experience.
Bringing people together around topics that are important to all of our well being brings out the best in all of us as we listen and learn and share about our experiences together. It was such a rainy day on the day of the lecture, but I was happy to travel in what could be considered inclement weather because of the experience I had there.
I'm so grateful for the time that I had at Baruch those years ago with PASE, and so grateful for my ongoing relationship with Baruch as a member of the community because of all of the wonderful and inspiring people I have met and events I attend there. Having the opportunity to gather together and have conversations like these reminds me of the goodness of people, and the ability we have, when we share and learn from each other, to bring renewal and a better future to our shared landscapes.
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