The election of Donald Trump to the presidency has brought upon the nation a wave of introspection, retrospection, elation, concern, fear, and hope. The diversity of feelings and opinions mirrors the diversity found along cultural, socioeconomic, and political lines—lines that often run very deep.

For me, this presents an inflection point, one that motivates me to shift from personal, internal thought to a more open forum and exchange of ideas. The problems facing our nation—ones that get to the very heart of who we are as a people and how we live together every day, are ones upon which I have spent a great deal of time reflecting.