Finding Resilience

Trials test our strength, test our resolve. But we are remarkably resilient. These are the stories of those facing enormous challenges and finding ways forward with grace and growth.

Finding resilience: Para rowers upend notions of ability
For these para rowers, individual effort, athletic prowess, and their teammates’ support propel them to success, despite their disabilities.

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For this inspiring Ukrainian opera, the show must go on – underground
Kharkiv, one of Europe’s great cultural centers, is regularly pummeled by Russian strikes. Yet its bomb-shelter national opera house serves as a beacon of stubborn faith.
Can independent news outlets in Ukraine survive loss of USAID funding?
USAID funding helped nurture new independent media outlets in Ukraine to play their part in strengthening democracy. Now there are concerns about a return to the days of media dominated by oligarchs, political parties, and the state.
In Boston and beyond, Tibetans in exile keep their culture alive
Boston’s tight-knit Tibetan community is a microcosm of Tibetans living in exile around the world – communities that have fostered a sense of cultural resilience across generations.

Overcoming adversity: How the pandemic revealed resilience

When Veronica Quiroga and her fellow students at Fordham University set out to interview Bronx residents about surviving the pandemic, they expected tales of woe. Instead, they found people kept using one particular quality to describe their experiences: resilience. Despite one of the city’s darkest eras in recent memory, the light of community, family, and perseverance shone through in the voices of the Bronx COVID-19 Oral History Project.

Stronger: A Podcast What women lost to the pandemic – and how they're winning it back

Over six episodes, we bring you stories from women in Las Vegas, one of the hardest hit economies in the country. Their experiences capture the challenges women have faced as well as their courage, strength, and resilience.

Introducing: Stronger

Through job loss, burnout, and the pressures of caregiving, women are fighting to win back what they’ve lost to COVID-19. This podcast follows six women from Las Vegas, one of the hardest hit economies in the U.S. Their stories capture what the pandemic has cost – and what it truly takes to move forward. Hosted by Jessica Mendoza and Samantha Laine Perfas.

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