There exists a large disparity in this increasingly globalized world. Despite great strides in our medical, economic, and social spheres, we see the continued marginalization of populations around the globe. On a macro level, we see the gap between rich and poor nations growing, and on a micro level, the gap between rich and poor people. While leaders past and present may have accepted (or at minimum tolerated) this situation, the next generation has awakened. The social conscience of today’s youth, our future leaders, is slanted towards a non-acceptance of the norm. They are driving for change.

American psychologist Charles E. Schaefer once said, “We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are at play.”

Human rights have been debated for thousands of years. History dates one of the earliest formal human rights declarations all the way back to 539 B.C. Under the rule of Cyrus the Great, the people of Persia were granted basic human freedoms which could not be overruled by governing authority. These new rights included freedom from slavery and the right to practice any religion.

Please Acknowledge Our Existence

When I think of Niverville, I think of tremendous opportunity.

Mark Twain once said, “I have known a great many troubles. But most of them never happened.”