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My first experience with Paths to Understanding was in November of 2017. I was invited to a board meeting. Our co-founder, Father Treacy, was present and the group was trying hard to keep the organization together after the sale of their retreat center, Camp Brotherhood, the year before. They were working through understandable grief and…

Everyone is talking about how divided we are. Most of the time this conversation is accompanied by a sense of dread and despair. People don’t know what to do. In her book, Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity, professor Lilliana Mason tells a story about how we got here and what it means. In…

We held our first LGT Council meeting on Tuesday, May 11th 2023. We met at the Upper Skagit Cultural Center. So far, the Council includes Upper Skagit Elders, Skagit Valley Catholic Churches, Mount Vernon Rotary, Burlington Lutheran Church, Skagit Valley YMCA, Skagit Unitarian Universalist Church, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints of Skagit County,…

May 31st is the birthday of Father William Treacy who co-founded our organization together with Rabbi Rafael Levine. Since I got involved in the Treacy Levine Center, now Paths to Understanding, we made big plans for Father Treacy’s birthday every year. We held big gatherings with food, music, and stories. During COVID, we invited people…