Dear RPCV/W Community,

2020 was a year no one expected. This has been a year of challenges, sadness, reckoning, and reflection. In this maelstrom of events, there has been one word that holds true: community. What does it mean to be a member of a community? A member of the Washington DC/DMV community? A member of the RPCV or international community? A member of a community whose government leaves so many behind despite claims of unity and exceptionalism? 

Dear RPCV/W Community,

I hope you are doing okay. 

From my heart to yours, I really do. 

But if you are not. That is okay too. All I can offer is grace and compassion. Take as much as you need; there is an ever-flowing supply.