Choose Change

~ History ~ Scene Description from the screenplay, Sacajawea, The Windcatcher — It’s 1800, at the Missouri River headwaters. In the evening, a harrowing scene erupts when Hidatsa warriors attack the village. Terrified women and children run toward the river and cottonwood trees. Within moments, Boinair (Sacajawea) and other children are trapped and brutally kidnapped. They walk […]

Our Choices Affect All

~ History ~ Scene Description from the screenplay, Sacajawea, The Windcatcher — The Great Water stretches out before Sacajawea. Waves continue one after the other, pounding against her bare feet. She stretches her arms wide across the skeleton of the “Big Fish,” a whale washed ashore. She has chosen to obey her Chief and moves […]

Finding your mission and your moment

~ True Story ~ “Great harm has been done to us. We have suffered great loss. And in our grief and anger we have found our mission and our moment.” ― George W. Bush addressing joint session of Congress and the Nation. September 20, 2001 Maria Ragonese, Crisis Intervention Volunteer – These words were spoken […]