Apr 1, 2016
This is a remarkable place. A place born out of the passion and hard work of a handful of young, idealistic people, holding on to the belief that with hard work and a committed group, any dream is achievable. Twenty years later, it is a place where students are called...
Mar 30, 2016
Despite the fact that I have been a longtime devotee of Parker Palmer and have read much of his work, when he published his book, Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit in 2011, I was reluctant to read it. I still...
Mar 15, 2016
In the fall of 2012, a resolute group of intrepid volunteers sat around a dining table in a renovated old tobacco warehouse discussing the perennial issue of school fundraising. Burned out after years of big, time-consuming events that required many volunteer hours,...
Feb 9, 2016
Once again, Matt Voz offers his dark, dry, and insightful humor as it pertains to (growing up in and then returning to) life in a small town. And I though I had a very different childhood experience, perhaps because of that, this piece resonated with me...
Jan 9, 2016
With Parker Palmer, Naomi Shihab Nye and Howard Zinn At its core, the true passion and intention behind the work at RST is its focus on the ways in which we build meaningful lives in community. I focus on small, in part because it is more concentrated, but these small...
