03/21/2020

My Fellow Global Citizens,

I write to you with both a declaration of solidarity and an invitation to join me. I, like all of you, are thinking about my future and that of my family, friends, and the entire world with each passing hour of each passing day. We are texting and tweeting and in a time of desperation and despair yet the virus knows none of it. It is doing what it does: an invisible march without prejudice, caution, boundaries, thought, rationale. All of this is enough to lead a person to become anxious, sad, obsessive, worried, and on edge. But also hopeful, optimistic, and empathetic.

The human experience is defined by the human story; we are all in this together.

As such, I would like to offer all of us the chance to hold “community conversations” with each other by sharing what we are thinking, feeling, hoping, praying, and wishing for. This is an outlet for creative ways to pass the time (with kids), recommendations for books and podcasts and tv shows, state what is in your freezer, and just share how you are getting through the weeks.

I’ll see you on the other side. 

-Ari