
What does it mean to be a community of Welcome?
Welcome, is a more complex concept than it might initially seem. Welcoming is most often associated with “bigness.” We speak about “expanding the circle” and making more room. We talk about make ourselves larger through the practice of welcoming in new experiences and new ideas. But there is also the work of becoming smaller. And sometimes that is the even more important work. For instance, those of us who are white are learning that true welcoming of diversity just can’t
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