From Africa to Harvard
In A Dream So Big
After their third child, Stephen Wrigley, died only eight days from birth, Steve and Nancy Peifer decided to leave their American lives behind and move to Africa. At the time, he was a corporate manager with Oracle who oversaw 9,000 computer software consultants. They moved with their children to Kenya, where they eventually became educational…Read More
From a friend: I couldn’t put this book down, but more than that, it affected me deeply. Because I read it on the Kindle, I had the benefit of the video clips at the end, and the one of your mother, the day before your reunion, and of you and your brother getting off the…Read More
Make Being Good Your Job
In Activism
Sometimes doing the right thing is a matter of simply paying attention to an obvious opportunity embedded in what you are doing in your job or daily life — and then having the confidence and courage to make it happen. It’s a matter of ignoring that part of your brain that’s constantly whispering to you, You…Read More
Sentenced to a Better Life
In Detention
When Andre got off the juvenile court bus at a suburban school, the privileged students there were shocked at what they saw. He and his eight fellow juvenile offenders were wearing neckties. Some of these nine students had been violent criminals, some not. They’d come to this St. Louis suburb, with a police escort, to…Read More
Likely Future Nobel Winner
In freedom
I was reminded recently of my disappointment that Malala Yousufzai didn’t with the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. I take heart in being confident that it will go to her at some point in her life, given her character, her achievements even now at her young age, and her determination to change her world. Here’s what…Read More
