Happy Friday! Are you looking for a story about kindness, resiliency, and human connection? Want hope? Check out this beautiful story from NBC featuring the incredible leader of Rosebud Academy, Shaun Brown, and our wonderful colleague + friend + Camp Fire survivor, Casey Taylor of Achieve Charter School Paradise as they work side by side to stabilize the school after the Eaton Fire. We love this. You will too. "When California wildfires destroyed Pasadena Rosebud Academy, founder Shawn Brown turned to a fellow educator’s recovery playbook. The result: a roadmap for schools facing climate-driven crises." Together we DO! #EatonFire #lafires #afterthefire #payitforward (fb)

Words of experience, expertise and wisdom from our much beloved Dr. Adrienne Heinz, Stanford School of Medicine + Sonoma County resident and frequent After The Fire USA delegate. "There are many ways to live, love, and work within a tragedy. Embracing Viktor Frankl’s tragic optimism is a powerful framework for holding light in the dark. When figuring out how to tackle the polycrisis of overlapping disasters coupled with political and economic uncertainty, I can feel intensely overwhelmed some days. But looking around and seeing the helpers, the emergent leaders, and the innovators who are born of disaster, I am energized." And we are energized by and with you. Pay it forward. #disasterrecovery #DisasterResponse #mentalhealth #helpers #tragicoptimism #lahaina #EatonFire #PalisadesFire #lafires #sonomacounty (fb)