No one ever could have imagined the challenges of the last year. It's impossible not to assign deeper meaning to the pandemic.... something more has to come from so much loss. I'd like to believe we all grew and learned from this experience. (Perhaps you can now bake a mean loaf of sourdough?) And I'm proud to say we blossomed as an organization. We opened the Empowerment Center in 2019, to foster community and connection, through IN-PERSON programs and events. The onset o