Research, projects & stories
Bright star maternity bag Project
Learn more about our new local project with Bright Star Maternity Bags.
Interview with Nice
Meet Nice and hear about how she has discovered more about who she was made to be.
Interview with Khruu Ice
Hear a little bit about Thai culture from a Thai language teacher.
Thailand BOOKLIST
Books we are reading to learn more about Thailand and it’s rich culture.
Why Development Is Not Sexy
Systems of poverty and oppression have been in place for hundreds, if not, thousands of years. The hard work of change and growth is messy and full of ups and downs.
Our Commitment to Ethical Storytelling
There is a movement of non-profits and people to tell better stories in the development world.
Books we love
Who we are today has been shaped in large part by the books we have read. We have selected some of our favorites to share. Check out the list below for some of the inspiration that has gotten us to where we are today. Some of these books are novels, but we have found that fun reads often shift our perspective without us even noticing.
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When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté
Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma by Elizabeth A. Stanley PhD
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Andres Ericsson
Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself by Rich Roll
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The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
Let Your Life Speak by Parker J. Palmer
Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self by Richard Rohr
Life of the Beloved by Henri J.M. Nouwen
The Wounded Healer by Henri. J.M. Nouwen
The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical by Shane Claibourne
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The Age of Peace: Peace is the Only Culture for Both Man and the Universe by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Reconcile by John Paul Lederach
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Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brené Brown
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash a Revolution in Your Life in Christ by Peter Scazzero
Talking to Strangers by Malcom Gladwell
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Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley & David Kelley
Social Entrepreneurship by David Bornstein and Susan Davis
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaky
Poor Economics by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
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Resisting Structural Evil: Love as Ecological – Economic Vocation by Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The City of Djinn by William Dalrymple
The Anarchy by William Dalrymple
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
THe Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
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What the Day Owes the Night by Yasmina Khadra
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
The Culture Map by Erin Meyer
The American Raj: America and the Muslim World by Eric Margolis
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes By Tamim Ansary
Scholarly Article: Conquergood, Dwight. “Rethinking Ethnography: Towards a Critical Cultural Politics.” Communication Monographs, no. 58, vol. 2, 1991, pp. 179-94.
Fieldworking: Reading and Writing Research by Sunstein Chiseri-Strater
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Everything is Broken: A Tale of Catastrophe in Burma by Emma Larkin
Conflict, Complexity & Climate Change by Ashley South
The Future Is Asian by Parag Khanna
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
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How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
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East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
The Alchemist by Paul Cohelo
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
