We’ve been lied to. It’s unclear where the deception began. Somewhere along the line, though, we all started thinking that we couldn’t work together. Couldn’t serve side-by-side with people who were different from us. We separated. We segregated. As a people, as a nation, and as individuals, we stopped collaborating with anyone who wasn’t exactly…

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BEDFORD — Campus West hums with conversation as nearly 400 men and women sit down to lunch. The crowd is a mixture of City Officials, School District Representatives, Pastors, Small Business Owners, Nonprofit Employees, and Corporate Shot-Callers. CEOs rub elbows with volunteers who live below the federal poverty line. It’s an eclectic group; the kind…

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Gary McKamie was 19 years old when he started working for the City of Euless, and he had no idea what was in store for him at the time. He didn’t know what the next step would be. He didn’t have a long-term plan. He had no idea if and when he would leave the…

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