There are three things that I personally hold as non negotiable for humans - water, shelter and freedom. It is why I love SOL Collaborative. Our mission is to help people help themselves find freedom. And days like World Water Day are important times to remind us of the challenges too many people have meeting basic needs like something we take so for granted, water. 

This is a topic that I’ve become passionate about. Being self employeed myself and working with multiple women growing in their personal development and effort to become leaders in their own fields of expertise has been amazing to watch and be a part of. I am fortunate enough to work in a field where women are honored.

​For International Social Justice day this year the UN is focusing on the disparities of access to the work force which have increased as a result of the pandemic.
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​It is more important than ever to focus developmental support on creating more access to the internet and opportunities for training in developing areas of the world. ​

At Sol Collaborative one of our stated missions is empowering women. As the father of 6 daughters this is an area that is also equally important to me personally. Women and Girls are vastly underrepresented in the sciences, With today being the International Day of Women and Girls in Science our intention was to highlight some leaders in various fields of scientific study. However, an internet search for ‘women leaders in science’ brings up more dead scientists than living. And the living ones referenced in many cases are decades old discoveries. This simply isn’t acceptable and it isn’t an accurate representation of the impact women are having in these fields today.

​Have you read the book, or seen the movie Hotel Rwanda? Today is International Human Rights Day. We can all agree that the human rights violations that occurred in Rwanda were atrocious and should never be allowed to occur again. Yet genocides continue around the world, these are large scale issues we can see when the media finds them important enough to cover. 

​​But what about the smaller Human Rights Violations?