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Held to the Light
What we are amplifying right now. Every card is the way to the page that sources it, and every page sends you on to the people still carrying the work.
This week on Held to the Light
The voices we are holding up.
Recovery · Berklee Music and Health InstituteDr. Joy Allen
Not music as a miracle. Music held with skill, evidence, boundaries and care.
Legacy · 1885–1954Aristides de Sousa Mendes
In June 1940 he promised a visa to every refugee in need, free for those who could not pay. Thousands were issued. He died penniless.
Recovery · Founded The Kennedy Forum, 2013Patrick J. Kennedy
On his worst public night he chose to be open about addiction. Then he championed the law that says the help he hoped others would reach for has to be covered.
Water · Co-founded Water.org, 2009Gary White
A woman was paying a loan shark 125 percent interest for a toilet. Gary White saw that a small, fair loan could reach where charity couldn’t.
Legacy · 1900–1986Chiune Sugihara
Tokyo said no. He hand-wrote the visas anyway, and was still signing on the station platform the morning he left.
Recovery · Founded Herren Project, 2011Chris Herren
His foundation says a hospital sent him back out on the street in June 2008. Now, when a family reaches out to Herren Project, someone reaches back.
Water · b. 1975Scott Harrison
A burned-out nightclub promoter gave away almost everything he owned, talked his way onto a hospital ship, and turned his own rock bottom into clean water for millions.
Held to the Light
A quiet note when a new voice is lifted up. You’re in good company.