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Building Bridges Word by Word is a safe space where we can read each other's stories, discover what we have in common, and begin to build bridges across our divides.

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  • Megan Scribner

    I love words. I love how they can inspire us, challenge us, and help us connect. I created Building Bridges Word by Word to share your stories - so we can discover what we may have in common and begin to build bridges across our divides.

  • Sheila Dembowski

    Empath, mother, writer, teacher, librarian, advocate, kindness ambassador. In essence, I love books, technology, writing every day, lengthy conversations, hearing my son laugh and spending quiet time every day being thankful.

  • Karen Lee Turner

    Artist & Author of FIELD GUIDES FOR THE CREATIVE JOURNEY; and EACH DAY AS IT COMES. Offering moments of hospitality as we find our way through change.

  • Lisa

    I'm a retired high school librarian, living on a tree farm in WA state.

  • Penny Williamson

    I am a facilitator, leadership coach and author who loves to hike, cook, read, sing, and travel.

  • Ryan Pfeil

    Former reporter and editor who now works as a content creator for a 15-branch library district in Oregon. Board president for the Sanctuary One Care Farm.

  • Kim Tucker-Gray

    A maker, a storyteller, an alchemist of ideas. I keep bees—not just for the honey, but for their quiet lessons in order and chaos, sweetness and survival. I create, I explore, and I try to leave behind something worth discovering.

  • Patrick Watters

    I could have easily titled this “The Monthly Magpie,” a print (Kelsey) publication of my adolescence as Anon E. Moose. But I’m an old anonemoose monk now and the entries come much more often. }:- a.m. [Celtic Lakota Franciscan Sufi Buddhist monk]

  • Sara Engram

    I'm an award-winning journalist and writer based in Baltimore. I spent decades asking hard questions about how people live. Now I focus on the question most of us avoid: how do we live well, knowing we will die?

  • Mark Nepo

    Mark Nepo is a poet, philosopher and a master teacher who has convened circles and guided international retreats for more than 50 years. His #1 NYTimes bestseller, The Book of Awakening, inspired readers and seekers all over the world.

  • Cathy Joseph

    Writer. Consultant. Former Actor. Empath. Perceiver of things beyond the ordinary.

  • Jim R. Rogers

    I am now according to social science a member of the "old old." I'm ready.

  • Chelsey Hillyer

    I am a writer and nonviolence practitioner who lives in Jefferson City, Missouri.

  • Dennis Huffman

    Dennis Huffman is an advisor to Building Bridges Word by Word. He's a facilitator with the Center for Courage and Renewal and recently published "Decolonizing the Park," a book of poems and photographs about invasive plants.

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