GCC News & Highlights

A personal look at moral injury and what helps us heal By Sue Boquist, GCC Member Watching the news today is more than depressing. It's profoundly distressing. It’s painful to witness how easily some people can inflict harm, whether physical or verbal, distort the truth, and show a chilling disregard for the sanctity of human life. Mass shootings, COVID deaths, war, famine, genocide—the list feels endless. If you have witnessed or been involved in any of these horrific event

By Brian Frain, GCC Board Member For the majority of my life, I've been aware and in awe of veterans. My grandfather received a Purple Heart as a member of the US Army Infantry Division that landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Through college and my early 20s, I had several friends who served tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, I never really got an understanding of what they went through while deployed, nor did I take the time to sit down and ask questions. I always

On September 24th, our community gathered to hear the incredible journey of Sarwat Najib and Najib Azad, a couple who fled Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul and rebuilt their lives in the United States with their young children. The room was filled with warmth and compassion—a powerful contrast to the fear and hostility too often directed toward immigrants and refugees today. Sarwat began the evening by reminding everyone that when women rise, communities thrive.  Before th