Community comes out in force for 'Vox Storytellers'

Vox hosted it's second event of the season for "Connecting our Local & Global Neighbors" at A 2nd Cup Coffee Shop on Sat. February 27. "Vox Story Tellers" featured several clients from our 2016 community partners: The Community Cloth, IEDA Relief, and PAIR Houston. Rather than putting energy in solely discussing the past that some of these individuals have gone through, the event was dedicated towards these individuals sharing their vision of THEIR FUTURE!

Speakers included refugees from Burma, Afghanistan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. A Student, Artisan Woman, and Author/Military Official helped us today to see that the term "refugee" is so much more than what media portrays. Our neighbors have a name and they are human.

The goal of this event was find ways to support these individuals in their goals/dreams, and listen to some of the challenges and/or positives that they have had in achieving or attaining their ambitions.