Stories of Impact
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Is shouting a civic virtue?
In a world of deepfakes and fractured trust, philosopher Baroness Onora O’Neill makes the case for listening — and why our democracy depends on it.
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In a world of deepfakes and fractured trust, philosopher Baroness Onora O’Neill makes the case for listening — and why our democracy depends on it.
🎧 Listen in: www.storiesofimpact.org/the-ethics-o...
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Is shouting a civic virtue?
In a world of deepfakes and fractured trust, philosopher Baroness Onora O’Neill makes the case for listening — and why our democracy depends on it.
🎧 Listen in: www.storiesofimpact.org/the-ethics-o...
In a world of deepfakes and fractured trust, philosopher Baroness Onora O’Neill makes the case for listening — and why our democracy depends on it.
🎧 Listen in: www.storiesofimpact.org/the-ethics-o...
Dr. Jane Goodall taught us that observation is activism, and that hope is a discipline.
We revisit our conversation with the woman who changed science — and helped us see the world with more care.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/changing-the...
@janegoodall.org
We revisit our conversation with the woman who changed science — and helped us see the world with more care.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/changing-the...
@janegoodall.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Dr. Jane Goodall taught us that observation is activism, and that hope is a discipline.
We revisit our conversation with the woman who changed science — and helped us see the world with more care.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/changing-the...
@janegoodall.org
We revisit our conversation with the woman who changed science — and helped us see the world with more care.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/changing-the...
@janegoodall.org
Another win & it means a lot!
Our episode From Gangs to Growth just received a 2025 Davey Gold Award for Society & Culture. This honor belongs to the courageous young people of Medellín and the leaders walking beside them.
🎧 Revisit the award-winning story:
www.storiesofimpact.org/from-gangs-t...
Our episode From Gangs to Growth just received a 2025 Davey Gold Award for Society & Culture. This honor belongs to the courageous young people of Medellín and the leaders walking beside them.
🎧 Revisit the award-winning story:
www.storiesofimpact.org/from-gangs-t...
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Another win & it means a lot!
Our episode From Gangs to Growth just received a 2025 Davey Gold Award for Society & Culture. This honor belongs to the courageous young people of Medellín and the leaders walking beside them.
🎧 Revisit the award-winning story:
www.storiesofimpact.org/from-gangs-t...
Our episode From Gangs to Growth just received a 2025 Davey Gold Award for Society & Culture. This honor belongs to the courageous young people of Medellín and the leaders walking beside them.
🎧 Revisit the award-winning story:
www.storiesofimpact.org/from-gangs-t...
What makes a society flourish?
Economist Sir Paul Collier says it starts with a shift from me to we. This conversation explores how shared identity, trust and collective purpose can rebuild community in an age of division and AI.
🎧 Listen now: www.storiesofimpact.org/building-com...
Economist Sir Paul Collier says it starts with a shift from me to we. This conversation explores how shared identity, trust and collective purpose can rebuild community in an age of division and AI.
🎧 Listen now: www.storiesofimpact.org/building-com...
October 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What makes a society flourish?
Economist Sir Paul Collier says it starts with a shift from me to we. This conversation explores how shared identity, trust and collective purpose can rebuild community in an age of division and AI.
🎧 Listen now: www.storiesofimpact.org/building-com...
Economist Sir Paul Collier says it starts with a shift from me to we. This conversation explores how shared identity, trust and collective purpose can rebuild community in an age of division and AI.
🎧 Listen now: www.storiesofimpact.org/building-com...
What if care was never a soft skill, but the deepest form of intelligence?
Dr. Alison Gopnik makes the case that caregiving is core to what makes us human - biologically, emotionally, politically.
This episode explores care as connection, courage & a quiet kind of wisdom.
Listen: pod.link/1519411454
Dr. Alison Gopnik makes the case that caregiving is core to what makes us human - biologically, emotionally, politically.
This episode explores care as connection, courage & a quiet kind of wisdom.
Listen: pod.link/1519411454
October 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
What if care was never a soft skill, but the deepest form of intelligence?
Dr. Alison Gopnik makes the case that caregiving is core to what makes us human - biologically, emotionally, politically.
This episode explores care as connection, courage & a quiet kind of wisdom.
Listen: pod.link/1519411454
Dr. Alison Gopnik makes the case that caregiving is core to what makes us human - biologically, emotionally, politically.
This episode explores care as connection, courage & a quiet kind of wisdom.
Listen: pod.link/1519411454
Grateful, proud, and moved!
Our episode: Kurt Shaw and Rita da Silva: Brazilian Resistance and Renewal Through Playing Together, has been honored with a Platinum MarCom Award.
This recognition belongs to every young person dreaming of a better future.
www.storiesofimpact.org/kurt-shaw-an...
Our episode: Kurt Shaw and Rita da Silva: Brazilian Resistance and Renewal Through Playing Together, has been honored with a Platinum MarCom Award.
This recognition belongs to every young person dreaming of a better future.
www.storiesofimpact.org/kurt-shaw-an...
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Grateful, proud, and moved!
Our episode: Kurt Shaw and Rita da Silva: Brazilian Resistance and Renewal Through Playing Together, has been honored with a Platinum MarCom Award.
This recognition belongs to every young person dreaming of a better future.
www.storiesofimpact.org/kurt-shaw-an...
Our episode: Kurt Shaw and Rita da Silva: Brazilian Resistance and Renewal Through Playing Together, has been honored with a Platinum MarCom Award.
This recognition belongs to every young person dreaming of a better future.
www.storiesofimpact.org/kurt-shaw-an...
What does it mean to be a responsible citizen in the digital age?
Vint Cerf, Nuala O’Connor, and Michael Wear explore how AI, algorithms, and online life are reshaping civic responsibility—and how we can respond with integrity.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/citizenship-...
Vint Cerf, Nuala O’Connor, and Michael Wear explore how AI, algorithms, and online life are reshaping civic responsibility—and how we can respond with integrity.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/citizenship-...
October 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
What does it mean to be a responsible citizen in the digital age?
Vint Cerf, Nuala O’Connor, and Michael Wear explore how AI, algorithms, and online life are reshaping civic responsibility—and how we can respond with integrity.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/citizenship-...
Vint Cerf, Nuala O’Connor, and Michael Wear explore how AI, algorithms, and online life are reshaping civic responsibility—and how we can respond with integrity.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/citizenship-...
What helps us solve problems together?
Psychologist Dr. Bahar Köymen studies how children reason, argue & collaborate & what that reveals about the roots of human cooperation.
This episode invites us to rethink disagreement, intelligence &the social side of thinking.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
Psychologist Dr. Bahar Köymen studies how children reason, argue & collaborate & what that reveals about the roots of human cooperation.
This episode invites us to rethink disagreement, intelligence &the social side of thinking.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
October 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
What helps us solve problems together?
Psychologist Dr. Bahar Köymen studies how children reason, argue & collaborate & what that reveals about the roots of human cooperation.
This episode invites us to rethink disagreement, intelligence &the social side of thinking.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
Psychologist Dr. Bahar Köymen studies how children reason, argue & collaborate & what that reveals about the roots of human cooperation.
This episode invites us to rethink disagreement, intelligence &the social side of thinking.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
Honored to share that Stories of Impact received a 2025 W3 Silver Award for the episode From Gangs to Growth — recognized for excellence in science and technology storytelling.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/from-gangs-t...
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/from-gangs-t...
October 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Honored to share that Stories of Impact received a 2025 W3 Silver Award for the episode From Gangs to Growth — recognized for excellence in science and technology storytelling.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/from-gangs-t...
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/from-gangs-t...
We were honored to share her voice. Now, we honor her legacy.
Dr. Jane Goodall changed how we see animals, the environment, and ourselves. She showed the world that compassion & activism go hand in hand and that every one of us can make a difference.
Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/changing-the...
Dr. Jane Goodall changed how we see animals, the environment, and ourselves. She showed the world that compassion & activism go hand in hand and that every one of us can make a difference.
Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/changing-the...
October 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We were honored to share her voice. Now, we honor her legacy.
Dr. Jane Goodall changed how we see animals, the environment, and ourselves. She showed the world that compassion & activism go hand in hand and that every one of us can make a difference.
Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/changing-the...
Dr. Jane Goodall changed how we see animals, the environment, and ourselves. She showed the world that compassion & activism go hand in hand and that every one of us can make a difference.
Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/changing-the...
What sustains people through crisis?
Dr. Joseph Bulbulia explores how spirituality, belonging, and a sense of worth shape our ability to face life's hardest moments — and why feeling valuable matters just as much as feeling safe.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/spirituality...
#StoriesOfImpact
Dr. Joseph Bulbulia explores how spirituality, belonging, and a sense of worth shape our ability to face life's hardest moments — and why feeling valuable matters just as much as feeling safe.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/spirituality...
#StoriesOfImpact
October 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
What sustains people through crisis?
Dr. Joseph Bulbulia explores how spirituality, belonging, and a sense of worth shape our ability to face life's hardest moments — and why feeling valuable matters just as much as feeling safe.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/spirituality...
#StoriesOfImpact
Dr. Joseph Bulbulia explores how spirituality, belonging, and a sense of worth shape our ability to face life's hardest moments — and why feeling valuable matters just as much as feeling safe.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/spirituality...
#StoriesOfImpact
Why do some groups thrive while others unravel?
Evolutionary biologist Dr. David Sloan Wilson breaks down the science of cooperation — and how trust, culture, and group dynamics shape our ability to face crisis.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/the-core-pri...
#StoriesOfImpact #HumanFlourishing
Evolutionary biologist Dr. David Sloan Wilson breaks down the science of cooperation — and how trust, culture, and group dynamics shape our ability to face crisis.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/the-core-pri...
#StoriesOfImpact #HumanFlourishing
September 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Why do some groups thrive while others unravel?
Evolutionary biologist Dr. David Sloan Wilson breaks down the science of cooperation — and how trust, culture, and group dynamics shape our ability to face crisis.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/the-core-pri...
#StoriesOfImpact #HumanFlourishing
Evolutionary biologist Dr. David Sloan Wilson breaks down the science of cooperation — and how trust, culture, and group dynamics shape our ability to face crisis.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/the-core-pri...
#StoriesOfImpact #HumanFlourishing
What does it mean to stay human in a digital world?
Oxford scholars Dr. Andrew Briggs and Dr. Dominic Burbidge offer 7 civic principles for the digital age — from protecting privacy to treating listening as a public good.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/an-agenda-fo...
#DigitalEthics #StoriesOfImpact
Oxford scholars Dr. Andrew Briggs and Dr. Dominic Burbidge offer 7 civic principles for the digital age — from protecting privacy to treating listening as a public good.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/an-agenda-fo...
#DigitalEthics #StoriesOfImpact
September 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
What does it mean to stay human in a digital world?
Oxford scholars Dr. Andrew Briggs and Dr. Dominic Burbidge offer 7 civic principles for the digital age — from protecting privacy to treating listening as a public good.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/an-agenda-fo...
#DigitalEthics #StoriesOfImpact
Oxford scholars Dr. Andrew Briggs and Dr. Dominic Burbidge offer 7 civic principles for the digital age — from protecting privacy to treating listening as a public good.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/an-agenda-fo...
#DigitalEthics #StoriesOfImpact
What if autistic communication isn’t broken — just different?
This episode explores how connection thrives within the autistic community, and why the real challenge is cross-neurotype misunderstanding — not a lack of empathy.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/social-cogni...
This episode explores how connection thrives within the autistic community, and why the real challenge is cross-neurotype misunderstanding — not a lack of empathy.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/social-cogni...
September 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What if autistic communication isn’t broken — just different?
This episode explores how connection thrives within the autistic community, and why the real challenge is cross-neurotype misunderstanding — not a lack of empathy.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/social-cogni...
This episode explores how connection thrives within the autistic community, and why the real challenge is cross-neurotype misunderstanding — not a lack of empathy.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/social-cogni...
What happens when education leads with empathy?
Nicole Bruskewitz and Henry May of CoSchool are transforming Colombia’s schools through character, healing, and connection.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
#StoriesOfImpact #CharacterEducation #Peacebuilding #SEL
Nicole Bruskewitz and Henry May of CoSchool are transforming Colombia’s schools through character, healing, and connection.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
#StoriesOfImpact #CharacterEducation #Peacebuilding #SEL
September 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What happens when education leads with empathy?
Nicole Bruskewitz and Henry May of CoSchool are transforming Colombia’s schools through character, healing, and connection.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
#StoriesOfImpact #CharacterEducation #Peacebuilding #SEL
Nicole Bruskewitz and Henry May of CoSchool are transforming Colombia’s schools through character, healing, and connection.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
#StoriesOfImpact #CharacterEducation #Peacebuilding #SEL
What if the key to human evolution isn’t dominance—but friendliness?
In this replay episode, Dr. Brian Hare explores what dogs, bonobos & other animals reveal about cooperation, intelligence & what makes us human.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/animal-cogni...
#StoriesOfImpact #AnimalIntelligence
In this replay episode, Dr. Brian Hare explores what dogs, bonobos & other animals reveal about cooperation, intelligence & what makes us human.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/animal-cogni...
#StoriesOfImpact #AnimalIntelligence
August 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
What if the key to human evolution isn’t dominance—but friendliness?
In this replay episode, Dr. Brian Hare explores what dogs, bonobos & other animals reveal about cooperation, intelligence & what makes us human.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/animal-cogni...
#StoriesOfImpact #AnimalIntelligence
In this replay episode, Dr. Brian Hare explores what dogs, bonobos & other animals reveal about cooperation, intelligence & what makes us human.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/animal-cogni...
#StoriesOfImpact #AnimalIntelligence
A conversation on AI, gratitude, and building a global gift economy.
This episode features Dr. Sarah Schnitker and Dr. Glen Moriarty on emotional support without transaction, and how humans still crave human connection.
🎧 pod.link/1519411454
This episode features Dr. Sarah Schnitker and Dr. Glen Moriarty on emotional support without transaction, and how humans still crave human connection.
🎧 pod.link/1519411454
August 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A conversation on AI, gratitude, and building a global gift economy.
This episode features Dr. Sarah Schnitker and Dr. Glen Moriarty on emotional support without transaction, and how humans still crave human connection.
🎧 pod.link/1519411454
This episode features Dr. Sarah Schnitker and Dr. Glen Moriarty on emotional support without transaction, and how humans still crave human connection.
🎧 pod.link/1519411454
What if the key to understanding alien intelligence is already swimming in our oceans?
Astrophysicist Laurance Doyle and biologist Fred Sharpe explore what whale song reveals about nonhuman minds — and the language of life beyond Earth.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/whale-song-a...
Astrophysicist Laurance Doyle and biologist Fred Sharpe explore what whale song reveals about nonhuman minds — and the language of life beyond Earth.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/whale-song-a...
August 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
What if the key to understanding alien intelligence is already swimming in our oceans?
Astrophysicist Laurance Doyle and biologist Fred Sharpe explore what whale song reveals about nonhuman minds — and the language of life beyond Earth.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/whale-song-a...
Astrophysicist Laurance Doyle and biologist Fred Sharpe explore what whale song reveals about nonhuman minds — and the language of life beyond Earth.
🎧 Listen: www.storiesofimpact.org/whale-song-a...
What if flourishing didn’t mean leaving your community?
Researchers studied Thanda, a youth program in rural South Africa grounded in joy, character, and hope.
What they found: a place where children are deeply known and raised by a village.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
#YouthDevelopment
Researchers studied Thanda, a youth program in rural South Africa grounded in joy, character, and hope.
What they found: a place where children are deeply known and raised by a village.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
#YouthDevelopment
August 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
What if flourishing didn’t mean leaving your community?
Researchers studied Thanda, a youth program in rural South Africa grounded in joy, character, and hope.
What they found: a place where children are deeply known and raised by a village.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
#YouthDevelopment
Researchers studied Thanda, a youth program in rural South Africa grounded in joy, character, and hope.
What they found: a place where children are deeply known and raised by a village.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
#YouthDevelopment
Bees might hold the secret to better AI.
Researchers model the honeybee brain, only 1M neurons — to help build safer, more efficient autonomous robots.
What we learn from bees could reshape the future.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/the-honeybee...
#AI #Honeybees #Neuroscience #StoriesOfImpact
Researchers model the honeybee brain, only 1M neurons — to help build safer, more efficient autonomous robots.
What we learn from bees could reshape the future.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/the-honeybee...
#AI #Honeybees #Neuroscience #StoriesOfImpact
July 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Bees might hold the secret to better AI.
Researchers model the honeybee brain, only 1M neurons — to help build safer, more efficient autonomous robots.
What we learn from bees could reshape the future.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/the-honeybee...
#AI #Honeybees #Neuroscience #StoriesOfImpact
Researchers model the honeybee brain, only 1M neurons — to help build safer, more efficient autonomous robots.
What we learn from bees could reshape the future.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/the-honeybee...
#AI #Honeybees #Neuroscience #StoriesOfImpact
We’re honored to share that Stories of Impact won a 2025 dotCOMM Gold Award for From Gangs to Growth — a powerful look at Medellín’s youth and hope against the odds.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/from-gangs-t...
#StoriesOfImpact #YouthEmpowerment #dotCOMMAwards
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/from-gangs-t...
#StoriesOfImpact #YouthEmpowerment #dotCOMMAwards
July 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We’re honored to share that Stories of Impact won a 2025 dotCOMM Gold Award for From Gangs to Growth — a powerful look at Medellín’s youth and hope against the odds.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/from-gangs-t...
#StoriesOfImpact #YouthEmpowerment #dotCOMMAwards
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/from-gangs-t...
#StoriesOfImpact #YouthEmpowerment #dotCOMMAwards
Can art dissolve the walls that divide us?
Brazilian leaders Dr. Kurt Shaw and Dr. Rita da Silva are using film, music, and Afro-Indigenous wisdom to build empathy, dignity, and human connection.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
#StoriesOfImpact #HumanFlourishing #ArtsEducation #Empathy
Brazilian leaders Dr. Kurt Shaw and Dr. Rita da Silva are using film, music, and Afro-Indigenous wisdom to build empathy, dignity, and human connection.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
#StoriesOfImpact #HumanFlourishing #ArtsEducation #Empathy
July 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Can art dissolve the walls that divide us?
Brazilian leaders Dr. Kurt Shaw and Dr. Rita da Silva are using film, music, and Afro-Indigenous wisdom to build empathy, dignity, and human connection.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
#StoriesOfImpact #HumanFlourishing #ArtsEducation #Empathy
Brazilian leaders Dr. Kurt Shaw and Dr. Rita da Silva are using film, music, and Afro-Indigenous wisdom to build empathy, dignity, and human connection.
🎧 Listen: pod.link/1519411454
#StoriesOfImpact #HumanFlourishing #ArtsEducation #Empathy
Can virtual reality help teenagers connect across differences?
Dr. Eugene Ohu created an immersive experience for Nigerian students to see the world through someone else’s eyes.
What happened next surprised even him.
🎧 Listen now: pod.link/1519411454
Dr. Eugene Ohu created an immersive experience for Nigerian students to see the world through someone else’s eyes.
What happened next surprised even him.
🎧 Listen now: pod.link/1519411454
July 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Can virtual reality help teenagers connect across differences?
Dr. Eugene Ohu created an immersive experience for Nigerian students to see the world through someone else’s eyes.
What happened next surprised even him.
🎧 Listen now: pod.link/1519411454
Dr. Eugene Ohu created an immersive experience for Nigerian students to see the world through someone else’s eyes.
What happened next surprised even him.
🎧 Listen now: pod.link/1519411454
Dr. Agnes Kalibata grew up in a refugee camp — now she’s reshaping global agriculture.
We’re revisiting this powerful conversation on food, equity, and human dignity.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/food-agricul...
#StoriesOfImpact #AgnesKalibata #HumanFlourishing #FoodSystems #Leadership
We’re revisiting this powerful conversation on food, equity, and human dignity.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/food-agricul...
#StoriesOfImpact #AgnesKalibata #HumanFlourishing #FoodSystems #Leadership
June 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Dr. Agnes Kalibata grew up in a refugee camp — now she’s reshaping global agriculture.
We’re revisiting this powerful conversation on food, equity, and human dignity.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/food-agricul...
#StoriesOfImpact #AgnesKalibata #HumanFlourishing #FoodSystems #Leadership
We’re revisiting this powerful conversation on food, equity, and human dignity.
🎧 www.storiesofimpact.org/food-agricul...
#StoriesOfImpact #AgnesKalibata #HumanFlourishing #FoodSystems #Leadership
What if classrooms made space for complexity?
In our latest episode, UK educators share how they help students reflect on identity, faith, and belonging - not just react.
🎧 pod.link/1519411454
#StoriesOfImpact #BigQuestions #HumanFlourishing #RE
In our latest episode, UK educators share how they help students reflect on identity, faith, and belonging - not just react.
🎧 pod.link/1519411454
#StoriesOfImpact #BigQuestions #HumanFlourishing #RE
June 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
What if classrooms made space for complexity?
In our latest episode, UK educators share how they help students reflect on identity, faith, and belonging - not just react.
🎧 pod.link/1519411454
#StoriesOfImpact #BigQuestions #HumanFlourishing #RE
In our latest episode, UK educators share how they help students reflect on identity, faith, and belonging - not just react.
🎧 pod.link/1519411454
#StoriesOfImpact #BigQuestions #HumanFlourishing #RE