Category Archives: Humanity

Humanitarian content and worldview that revolves around the tagline: “Love kindness. Build community. Believe in humanity.”

Work and Community

I saw a thought-provoking post on cyberspace the other day, offering a litany of complaints about our country.  The poster was wealthy and famous.  Is anyone really surprised that the demographic that we hear complain about our political and economic … Continue reading

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Norris Square Community Lessons

I made a blog entry about Norris Square just a short while ago.  For those who prefer to wait until the movie comes out here’s a podcast I created.

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Sportsmanship in El Paso

This is another video going viral.  Part of me thinks “Why bother, people will find it on their own?”; the other part thinks “It moves me so let’s move others in case they wouldn’t find it?”  Catch in particular the … Continue reading

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NCCC Testimonial

Yesterday I gave a talk at Northwest Community College, sponsored by the Northwest Community College Foundation and the Peggy Andl Fund.  Excuse my excitement over the glowing endorsement I received from organizer Sue Berg. Kirk gave a loving and inspirational … Continue reading

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Norris Square Community Lesson

Hiking across the country I gathered many stories revealing important community lessons.  There was one story I often gave at my talks about a community I visited before the ADT journey.  During a mission trip to Philadelphia I visited the … Continue reading

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College Community

I previously wrote about my life in the Jungle, a predominantly freshman dormitory complex at the University of Connecticut.  There was a sense of community in our pioneering (back then) coed dorm that lead to a high return rate.  My … Continue reading

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Narayanan Krishnan

This is going viral without my help, but how can I not include it in a blog about kindness?

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The Jungle

Residential Life to me holds a lot of promise for moving young people in the direction of community.  I remember one of the best communal experiences I had occurred in a residential hall complex called the Jungle. The Jungle was … Continue reading

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Targeting Residential Life

I recently changed my Services page to reflect my new line-up for public speaking.  As with any endeavor it’s good to start with a focus and branch out.  In the case of offering workshops and seminars I’m going to focus … Continue reading

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Services Update

As a result of the recent workshop on public speaking I attended I’ve updated my services page to reflect what I can offer to audiences regarding kindness, community and humanity. Please check it out.

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