Community & Connection

I do this by traveling, connecting with people, and bringing people together. We have been hosting these gatherings, bringing together as many diverse people as possible, very unlikely groups that would never meet, like an astronaut and a refugee. We have found that an astronaut and a refugee have much more in common than differences. They both share an incredible resilience of going into the unknown, into uncharted territories that no other human has gone before. That creates an alchemy where, even though they come from different backgrounds and socioeconomic upbringings, they share this knowing in their hearts something about humanity. That creates an incredible transformation in the gathering, where everyday people who are also invited get to listen and hear these extraordinary journeys from an astronaut and refugees. It opens people's hearts and helps them realize how much we have in common. I have a strong belief that the word strangers should not exist because there is no such thing. Strangers is a word we invented to divide us, to make us forget who we are and our relationship with each other. So let us remove that word from the dictionary because we are not strangers. We are family, and we have just forgotten, and we remember it every day.