Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders.

I'm Kelly Corrigan and today I am

wondering if it is actually true that between any two people on earth there are things we share. I'm pretty

sure there is even if it's as simple as back pain for bad hair days But I wanted to run the idea past a very bright woman who I am lucky

to call a friend. Her name is Wanda Holland Green. She is a long time educator and thinker

who cares deeply about the development of our softer sides.

This was one of the first episodes we ever recorded on this show.

I sat down with Wanda in October of 2020 and interestingly everything is still relevant now.

So join us for Kelly Corrigan Wonders in a conversation about finding our shared humanity with Wanda Holland Green.

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or wherever you listen to podcasts. I'm Kelli Corrigan. Welcome back.

So today I'm with Wanda Holland Green.

Wanda runs a Bay Area Institution called the Hamlin School.

She's also on the board of Columbia.

She's an East Coast girl on West Coast soil.

She can sing like an angel and she is deeply wise.

And the reason I turn to Wanda to talk about whether we can really find common ground

with anyone is because she has worked with so many different kinds of people

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