Almost six years ago to the day, my wife Bethlehem and I launched the Ghion Journal with the aim of standing up for justice and giving voice to the voiceless. The birth of this publication came at a tumultuous time in my life as I was living at a homeless shelter called Harvest Farm in Wellington, Colorado. In a blink of an eye, the iniquities I protested against while I was a high-priced consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton went from being an abstraction to part of my daily reality.
As a consequence of going through this two-year crucible, my yearning for an authentic change that would lift all boats instead of one that only levitates yachts transformed from pursuit to purpose. Perhaps it was survivor’s guilt that compelled me to speak up for the friends I left behind who were mired in poverty while my life morphed from eating donated food to dining at fine restaurants. Gone were the days of making $7.00 a week as a cook at Harvest Farm, I found myself right back in corporate America making big bucks only to feel the deepest remorse each time I walked by a panhandler....continued...
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