“If you go out into the streets in Sweden and say, “Do you want gender equality?” everyone says, “yes”; however, there are no policies that bring us to these goals.”

Mandy Manning talks about her work teaching refugee students in Washington state, her personal reflections on meeting President Trump and presenting him with letters from her students.

“Denying a child a hug, to sit on your lap, or even to hold your hand would result as the most difficult challenge of my experience”, says a young volunteer at the Refugee Youth Project in Baltimore.