Rick is an independent filmmaker who's worked with Meg Ryan, Robert Redford, Christopher Plummer, and many others. But he says his true life's work is with kids you may pass in Seattle and never notice. Kids who bear the scars they made with butcher knives. The harm left by unwanted touch. The escape provided by a spoon and needle.
SEATTLE — The impulse may be to try to save them, to find a way to protect them. To give them a way out. But Rick Stevenson says he has no solutions. Just questions. The magic and the healing happens when the children find their own answers.
Rick originally started "School of Life" because his wife wanted him to have a project close to home. They never imagined it would become home.
After the Aurora Bridge crash, people in our area jumped into action, donating hotel rooms, blood, prayers, challenging Seattleites' reputation for being chilly (the "Seattle Freeze"). It inspired me to pass along stories of when we see people in the community coming together, or what I call #SeattleAntifreeze. If you know a story that should be told, let me know.
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