Tag: fighting for injustice

Gen Heywood reflects on the lessons of the past, examining the role of silence and indifference in perpetuating injustice and how to change.

When we grow up, we want to be like Carla Peperzak. That was how my wife and I felt after our three-hour lunch and visit with Peperzak in her home at Rockwood Retirement Communities. At 99 years old, she is mentally and physically much younger. Her passion for teaching children about the horrors of the Holocaust is keen and always eager.

I’ve never been good at advocating for myself.Just the other day I overpaid for a coffee I didn’t order because I felt bad correcting the barista.