Your Story Goes (HERE) is an interview series aimed at spotlighting the stories of remarkable people and their impactful work, especially those whose contributions may not have received the recognition they should.
Today we feature Austin Together, whose purpose is to strengthen the nonprofit community in Central Texas by enabling sustained collaborations. Host Ray Brimble interviews the Executive Director of Austin Together, Karen LaShelle, and the Board Chair, Rich Smalling.
Read MorePeople occasionally ask me why I am so invested in Native American issues, when I am not actually Native American. My answer is: why not, if I can help to address injustice, correct historical inaccuracies, and bring awareness and appreciation for diverse cultural contributions?
Read MoreThe first leg of what would become a life of many wonderful journeys, both mentally and physically, started here. Right where you are now: The University of Texas at Austin.
Read MoreWhat’s it like to be a refugee? What exactly is a refugee? What are the struggles associated with immigrating to the United States, and what does it take to help the people who do so to thrive?
Read MoreThere is a special place in my heart for Love Field—and not only because of its name. I love Love Field because it was my point of departure from which I set off to see the rest of this wide world.
Read MoreIn a normal year, as things wind down, I like to think back on the happenings of the last 12 months and then pack them up and put them away. Well, not this year.
Read MoreMost think contemplation of their garden should be done only once it’s been tended, but I say that even more valuable contemplation can be had when the garden is in its most disordered state.
Read MoreIf we really do believe that we must be the change we seek in the world, we must also understand what change in the world is needed. I am pretty sure it's no longer "pocket change."
Read MoreWe live in the most short-termed of times. Our societies, tastes, and economies are all built not to last, but to be disposed of and replaced… Nothing lasts forever.
Here’s where the need for long vision comes in.
Read MoreConsider the humility of not knowing where you are going, but continuing anyway. This is true wayfinding. To find the way, when you are not sure of the way. Why do we do this? What is in our nature that we would naturally proceed, against our good sense and bad odds?
Read MoreIt’s a trick, I admit. You are tricking yourself into anticipation and gratitude for things large and small, for simply having life, love, and comfort in whatever form it might take over the next few months.
Read MoreIt’s the most non-modern of ways to prepare. It requires sitting quietly and letting "it" happen. Some of the catalysts and causes are not exactly predicable or explainable. Yet, for the most part, it comes out okay.
Read MoreIt does almost no good to keep looking at only global statistics, or even national stats… The object of the game is to ferret out what works where, and try to avoid the places that turn out to be quicksand.
Read MoreAmerica loves a capitalist reckoning the way the NFL loves Colin Kaepernick. But we are having one anyway.
Read MoreIn 2019, I published 12 new original essays here on String Theory, and each could be seen as ribbons tied to the branches of the tree of my year. There they flutter still, reminding me to return to the themes which inspired me to write each.
Read MorePerhaps by reaching out to their community with a small, but radical act of beautiful kindness, the keepers of this island of civility are slaying some dragon of their own making.
Read MoreHow convenient to point the finger of guilt at everyone else. But as my uncle used to tell me, every time you point your finger at someone, three of your other fingers are pointing back at you.
Read MoreI was once served a piña colada by the bartender at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, who claimed that he invented the drink. Of course I did not believe him at the time. I thought it was a line. Turns out to be true.
Read MoreYour arrival signpost for your own personal Fin del Mundo is very distinct—it is when you feel that there is no way forward, and no way back.
Read More“This is about holding on, letting go, and most of all, rising above.“
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