Geoff Olsen is a consistent cartoonist and writer for the Vancouver Courier, located in British Columbia. His editorial cartoons hone in on cultural and political commentary and even sometimes step over the line to a provocative and witty nature. Olsen has been with the Courier for more than twenty years. Only seventeen days after the…
How the Stress of Disaster Brings People Together
Emma Seppala is the Science Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education within Stanford University and the Co-Director of the Emotional Intelligence Project at Yale College. She was born in Paris, but graduated from Yale for undergraduate studies, Columbia for her Masters and Stanford for her PhD. Since her establishment in…
Why Does It Take a Tragedy or Disaster to Unite Humanity?
Shelby Spear is a mother of three and avid Christian. She has dedicated her life to writing, whether that be on her personal blog with the mission of helping one find one’s true self and finding a connection with God or to publishing articles about humanity for outlets like the Huffinton Post and the Thrive…
People Coming Together After Hurricane Harvey
Wasan Abu-Baker is Palestinian-born author whom has dedicated her life to telling her own cultural story through that of current events. Before becoming an established author, Abu-Baker earned her masters degree in special education and currently is a community leader and advocate for refugees, all the while partaking in a fellowship at the American Friends…
How Disasters Bring Out Our Kindness
Maia Szalavitz is an award renowned neuroscience journalist with a keen passion for the brain and human behavior. Co-authoring studies like Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential and Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids, Szalavitz consistently published articles in the Time Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post…
Bibliography
Abu-Baker, Wasan. “People Coming Together After Hurricane Harvey.” Kings River Life Magazine, 23 Dec. 2017, kingsriverlife.com/12/23/people-coming-together-after-hurricane-harvey/. Accessed 2 May 2018. Olsen, Geoff. “Disasters bring out the best, not worst in people.” Vancouver Courier, 18 May 2016, http://www.vancourier.com/opinion/disasters-bring-out-the-best-not-worst-in-people- 1.2258068. Accessed 2 May 2018. Seppala, Emma. “How the Stress of Disaster Brings People…
The Beauty of Destruction 