The Community Survey Edition
Volume 9, Number 2
Words That
Inspire Us
Inspire Us
Our Neighbors
on the Margins
on the Margins
Mental Wellness
From the President
This issue of Echoes is different.
Usually, we tell stories of the work our programs are doing in the Frio River Canyon and in San Antonio. This time, we’re telling a broader set of stories. Allow me to explain.
In our work at the H. E. Butt Foundation, we want people to feel grace rather than judgment and hope rather than fear. When we start with grace and hope, people find common ground, a brave middle space where we can listen to each other and widen our circles of human concern.
But how much common ground is there? How wide is that middle space? It’s hard to say. So, five years ago, in our first community survey, we asked you to tell us how you see the world around you.
