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Connie Grosch's avatar

Andy, the work you are doing is phenomenally good. Just read the post about survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; it prompted me to change my membership from 50 to 100 dollars per year. Furthermore, I visited the Outrider Foundation—it's remarkable in terms of depth and breadth. And it is visually stunning—attributable to you, no doubt. I've subscribed to the newsletter.

I am the Multimedia and Publications Producer at the Rhode Island Foundation—we're totally state-centric so we don't deal with the global crises of Outrider; however, sometimes it feels that the state crises are big enough, even in a tiny state like RI, especially since we are the only community foundation in the state. Affordable housing, public education, healthcare, workforce development and economic security, climate action and resilience (we have 400 miles of coastline), and civic participation keep us fully engaged. Thank you for what you do. Connie Grosch

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ColorSpotter's avatar

Thank you for this beautiful and important post. I read the New York Times article, and it stirred up so many emotions, it is necessary to continue talking about the irreversible damage and threat of nuclear weapons. I grew up in a country where, as children, we were always taught not to forget the horrors of the war (WW2) and may they never be repeated. Then in the 90s, as my generation was just out of high-school, the horror of war happened again. It was hard to imagine it possible, the first time the bombers flew over the city everyone went out to the balconies and windows, looking to the sky, amazed, as if watching a movie… until the bombs started falling and the reality truly hit us, in every sense. So, saying “may it never happen again” is not enough, although it is a start, and the world needs to be reminded of it constantly, the new generations educated about it and all the long term consequences in depth, to truly understand. Maybe this is what a shared responsibility truly is. Thank you for doing it.

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