"What are you going to do with these years. I can't play bingo all the time"
-Michelle McRae
Springboard Innovation has been highlighting amazing innovators at the Regional Innovation Forum all day. I was so grateful to hear of the powerful work of Giving+Learning in Fargo, ND and of Michelle McRae, the program's director.
This is a program that helps refugees from places like Liberia, Burundi and Sierra Leone. She helps these people to find jobs, to learn about the new culture they have fallen into, gain citizenship and even helps them to attain driving licenses, what many of us consider to be a basic and sometimes take for granted. She started after retirement because she wanted something rewarding to do.
All the refugees interviewed appreciated Michelle's listening skills and patience. These skills are important, especially with cross cultural communication. I don't think Michelle could move mountains like she does without these skills.
Today's lesson for me, and words that I here in passing all seem to revolve around the importance of communication, remembering what we know and learning new ways to do it.
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