Through our extensive experience in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, South Asia, and the United States, we have a deep appreciation of cultural and social diversity on the ground, along with the common challenges that people worldwide face in the midst of social turbulence, systemic injustices, growing, hatred, anger, and fear.

We believe that it is through the continual work of sustained self-exploration, disagreement, and dissent while staying connected to one another that we learn. We are dedicated to education that encourages moral imagination, active engagement, commitment to the whole and just communities,  and the enhancement of joy. We view the challenges we face individually and collectively primarily as learning challenges, as educational challenges.

We know that educators, community leaders, and visionary artists who are inspired, inspire others; those who are nurtured, nurture others; those who are loved and cared for, do the same with all whom they touch.  We believe that the vast untapped human potential to learn through education might be greater than the challenges we as a species face.