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Today, on International Peace Day, I am also commemorating my Rebirthday. Eighteen years ago, I faced extreme evil, and my life in America changed forever. I vowed not to defineContinue readingReflections on My 18th Rebirthday

Today marks 18 years. September 11, 2001. I will never forget. But, have we begun to forget as a country? As the years roll on, are we pausing less toContinue readingSurviving 9/11: Reflections from our Executive Director

This past week marked the 8th anniversary of my attacker’s execution. Ironically perhaps, this past week we witnessed the Commander in Chief’s vitriolic racist attacks of fellow elected officials garneringContinue readingWhite Supremacy in America: Lessons From My Attacker

Like most, we are devastated by the senseless loss of life in Christchurch, New Zealand. The sanctity of life so brutally stolen from the 49 victims has been gut wrenching,Continue readingFor New Zealand: Humanity & Love Prevails

Before learning about World Without Hate’s Empathy Ambassador Leadership Training, I found myself getting frustrated. I knew I had a drive, a passion, and an idea, but I didn’t knowContinue readingFrom Empathy to Action: Outcomes of Empathy Ambassador Leadership Training

On the 17th Anniversary of 9/11: A Survivor’s Call for Unity Like most Americans, each September 11th, I reflect on how much our country lost that day; the thousands ofContinue readingOn the 17th Anniversary of 9/11: A Survivor’s Call for Unity

Allow me to share a story about this very special person. He’s 12. We’re in our last season of commuting to school together after seven awesome years. On Monday morning,Continue readingSara & Finn: Big heart in every day kindnesses

A 9/11 hate crime survivor meets Rohingya refugees. In December, I visited the largest and densest refugee camp in the world. In Cox’s Bazar, hundreds of thousands of oppressed Rohingya men,Continue readingThe ones who survived

An eight-month-old cries out while his mother is gang raped by a “security” force and the soldiers silence the baby forever with a stroke of a knife.  This is notContinue readingStopping Myanmar’s Genocide

No one is born to hate. No one is a born a terrorist. People are either taught to hate or have gone through challenges in their lives, desensitizing them toContinue readingHate causes a lifetime and generations of pain