Kate Fitzpatrick

"I wasn’t planning on having you as my roommate,” Wil tells Olivia. “I actually thought that if Bowdoin College knew I had you, they wouldn’t let me come to college. So, I hadn’t mentioned it to anyone."

A Single Dad And His Unlikely College Roommate from StoryCorps (via npr)

This is a must-read story about the amazing Wil Smith and his daughter Olivia. I’m lucky to know them both through our work at Seeds of Peace. Check it out!

(via npr)

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This beautiful video comes from Seeds of Peace, an amazing organization dedicated to empowering youth in the Middle East, South Asia, and the United States. I’ve been a part of the organization since 2008 and I can’t say enough about the good that it does. This video is only a minute long but says so much. I encourage everyone to check it out!