My mother realized stories could open our world to her. Every day when i got back home from school, she would say tell me a story. We would just talk. That is the way we learn to communicate in our family. Now that i work in Global Health my world is dominated by numbers. We look at databases and spreadsheets. We read percentages. The biggest lesson i have seen in Global Health is that for us, numbers dont inspire people to act. Stories do. If you work in Global Health you have to remember every single day that statistics arent just a random number. They are action representing people and families we are trying to serve. Those people stories desperately want to be heard. With that, i am excited to turn the microphone over to two people who have been enormous supporters of the aspen new voices fellowship. John and courtney. Tonight many of us will never have the opportunity to visit the congo or kenya, but by getting to listen to their stories we can bear witness to the courage they hav
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