The Forgiveness mural was a unique and beautiful project. It was my first multi-organization collaboration. Pastor Andrew Warner, of Plymouth Church ; Joseph Stanley, counselor for Pathfinders Youth Shelter , and Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum of Shir Hadash jewish congregation are longtime friends. What makes them special is they all share a space at Plymouth Church, a beautiful stone building on Milwaukee's east side just two blocks from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Pathfinders Youth Shelter has several locations each with a special focus. There is the drop-in center; the group home, and the space at Plymouth Church where youth can come use the large gym for recreation and smaller group activities. In April 2015, the three friends decided to do something they wanted to for a long time - hold a series of conversations. The topic they picked was 'Forgiveness'. They each took a turn leading one of three conversations where members from both congregations o...

The inaugural freshman class of Tamarack Waldorf High School class of 2019 The inaugural freshman class 2019 at Tamarack Waldorf High School, a group of about 25 students, collaborated on this mural together over four intensive days. On the first day students were asked three key questions: As you look back on your first year at Tamarack, what stays with you? What is something new you've discovered? What is one thing you would like to leave behind; to compost for others to discover?   We turned their reflections on these questions into a mural divided into three connected sections: the bottom representing what they want to leave behind; the middle representing what they celebrate about their experience now, and the top what they look forward to leaving as a legacy into the future for those that come behind them. Three working groups in one space was a new endeavor that worked perfectly! We used the gym as our workspace. This was new for me and I worried a...