Harvard KSG Peer Learning Network: Organizing People, Power, and Change

Beginners

But we have only begun
to love the earth.

We have only begun
to imagine the fullness of life.

How could we tire of hope?
—so much in the bud.

How can desire fail?
—we have only begun

to imagine justice and mercy
only begun to envision

how it might be to live as siblings
with beast and flower, not as oppressors.

Surely our river
cannot already be hastening
into the sea of nonbeing?

Surely it cannot drag, in the silt, all that is innocent?

But yet, not yet—
there is too much broken
that must be mended,

too much hurt we have done
to each other that cannot yet be forgiven.

We have only begun to know
the power that is in us if we
would join our solitudes in the
communion of struggle.

So much is unfolding that must
complete its gesture,

so much is in the bud.

Denise Levertow



	Miguel de Clerck
Professionally, my work at Medecins sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) has always included the imperative to evaluate my jobs through the criteria of the mobilized, or the served population; the omnipresence of ethical dilemmas; and the often completely unfamiliar environment in which I work. It has opened my eyes to the mechanisms that lead to either major societal changes, or the absence of change. Meet Miguel...



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PBHA is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual with a strong commitment to social justice and progressive education to serve as their new Executive Director. Read more...



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