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“I have very, very adventurous kids who love to explore, go to parties, and try stuff, the kind of acting out that some teenagers do."

“The message sent to me was that this was not to be talked about…it didn't feel like a safe place to share…I wasn't going to be believed, be

Brigitte’s parents fled for safety. Her father carried his little brother on his back while they were fleeing Palestine.

“Was I so desirable that you have to lock me away, or am I completely fat and ugly and undesirable?"

“Anyone who's Mormon will tell you there is Mormon. And then there's Utah Mormon. And then there is BYU, Utah Mormon.

“You name the bad decision, I made it…abusive relationships, drug addiction, alcoholism. I was just a wreck.”

Frontier Grit contains stories of women of color and all sorts of walks of life.

“It took a long time for the publishing industry to wake up to other countries as places people would want to read about.”

“I put pen to paper for the first time when I was 35, and I had my first novel published when I was 45."

“Traditional medicine definitely has its place, but it doesn’t help the body heal. It just suppresses the symptoms.”

“I don’t think people understand that when you go through loss after loss, after you see a heartbeat, it’s such a heavy grief.”

We’ve been through so much together. Trauma changes you. I’m grateful that we decided to grow together.

“Grief is a time when you need your friends to be there, and when they left, that dumped a whole new pile of grief on me.”

I have never felt like I belonged in any of my roles. I’ve never felt like I’ve belonged in an organization, and that needs to change.

As a podcaster for justice, I stand with my sisters from the Women of Color Podcasters Community. We are podcasters united to condemn the...

After experiencing profound trauma at a young age, Katrina discovered that nature is the best therapist.

Stephanie has endured more heartbreak and loss than most people and suffers from PTSD as a result.

"One of the things that motivated me the most in starting the band was pushing back against society’s messages about women and sexuality."

Raina has an extensive grit story, but we mostly talked about her experience as a death doula and cannabis practitioner.

The Immigrant Story and the City of Beaverton present “DREAMs Deferred Live."