Giving Belonging, Receiving Community

Giving Belonging, Receiving Community

Among the most awkward – but most important – things we’ve had to do to sustain and grow Mission Belonging​ is ask our friends and supporters for the money necessary to run our programming. But from the start, in order to expand our reach and pay our artists, we have...
A Container For What We Carry: Veterans Day 2022

A Container For What We Carry: Veterans Day 2022

Veteran and poet, Ben Weakley reflects on life after service in this special Veterans Day blog post. As we approach Veterans Day, I’m re-visiting Phil Klay’s book of short stories, Redeployment. Perspective changes with time and distance, and my current experience...