Wheels spin. Raise a hand. Move on.

Why is it rewarding? Because you care. Why do you care?

Johann Leonhard Dober and David Nitschmann—names that might sound vaguely German or Czech to you. If so, consider me impressed. But who were these men? They were Moravian missionaries. The Moravians, originating from the Moravia region in the Czech Republic, were among the first Protestant denominations. They were unique in mobilizing laypeople—those unordained—to share the…

Welcome to the concrete jungle. You’ll begin to feel like it’s home when you: Rush into or out of a subway and getting stuck in the door. Encounter a rat. Crying on the subway. Lose sleep over your prewar building’s radiator causing pipe banging. Experience indefinitely delayed subways. (Bonus points if a train pulls up…

If you don’t know: ask. If you have something to give: share. If you want to enact change: act.