In April, Commonweal’s Omega Resilience Awards (ORA) team, myself included, gathered at Commonweal with partners from Latin America, India, and Africa. ORA was launched by Commonweal’s Omega program, a new initiative from Commonweal Co-Founder Michael Lerner, which focuses on addressing the challenges of the global polycrisis.
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