Karen Croner is a feature and television writer whose films include Admission, One True Thing and the upcoming The Tribes of Palos Verdez. Enjoy as Karen tells about being haunted by a slimy block of ice from the frozen lake of her unconventional mother’s house. Priscillia Kounkou-Hoveyda has worked for the UN for the past 10 years negotiating with warlords for the release of child soldiers from terrorist groups across Africa. In addition to her work helping children, Priscillia is a storyteller. Here she recounts her family’s harrowing attempt to escape war torn Tehran when she was a six year old child. Bhi Bhiman is an American singer songwriter whose penetrating lyrics take on such issues as immigration and injustice. Here he sings his gorgeous and heartbreaking song about immigration, Beyond the Border.