Building Community at the Start of the Year

This excerpt explains that families are defined by love, caring and sharing, not the number or gender of its members.

Mia can’t understand why the new kid, Amena, seems sad, but she learns that a little empathy can go a long way.

Katherine Scholes begins this informative piece by describing the multi-facted nature of the word "peace" and what it can mean to different people at different times. Then she provides concrete ways that each of us can be a peacemaker.