https://www.aliainnovations.org/10-essays-for-10-years Essays by 10 of 10 for Kids attendees reflecting on the past decade of work in child welfare en Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:02:19 GMT 2026-10-13T13:02:19Z en https://www.aliainnovations.org/10-essays-for-10-years/hope-is-a-practice <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.aliainnovations.org/10-essays-for-10-years/hope-is-a-practice" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.aliainnovations.org/hubfs/Resilience%20in%20the%20Urban%20Crack.png" alt="Hope Is a Practice" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="line-height: 20.85px;">I remember the tension in the room. Not the kind you rush to resolve—but the kind that tells the truth before anyone is ready to say it out loud.</span></p> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.aliainnovations.org/10-essays-for-10-years/hope-is-a-practice" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.aliainnovations.org/hubfs/Resilience%20in%20the%20Urban%20Crack.png" alt="Hope Is a Practice" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="line-height: 20.85px;">I remember the tension in the room. Not the kind you rush to resolve—but the kind that tells the truth before anyone is ready to say it out loud.</span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5605960&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aliainnovations.org%2F10-essays-for-10-years%2Fhope-is-a-practice&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.aliainnovations.org%252F10-essays-for-10-years&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:02:19 GMT https://www.aliainnovations.org/10-essays-for-10-years/hope-is-a-practice 2026-10-13T13:02:19Z Corey Best