Donna Harris is a startup guru with a hunger to make the world a little bit better. She is the Founder of Builders and Backers; they work to infuse an entrepreneurial spirit the the center of local communities. Donna also Co-Founded 1776 - major initiative in Washington DC that convenes and accelerates startups from around the world. In a wide-ranging conversation, she talks about the role of lament and how it can fuel new, creative responses (2:50). She also shares also how people of faith can play a role both in serving on the frontlines and how people of faith can go upstream to solve our most pressing challenges. She calls it passive serving vs. active solving (13:30). At 40:30 we have an assignment for you: call 804-657-RCLI and let us know what you have been reflecting on and how you - or someone you know - has been responding to the Coronavirus.

You can read Donna’s article on Medium, called The Big Shock: How the Midnight of Crisis Will Bring a New Dawn.

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