"There are too many superheros."

…said Dr. Alaa Murabit during the open session of Women Deliver.

It is easy to think of contributing to global health by creating a project. YOU. CREATE. PROJECT. This is cool, but I think it misses the point. I just learned this.

The point is to actually work together, really listen, and take the hard steps to collaborate. This works better. This gets further. It takes a hell of a lot more time. To carefully remember you are not the point of the work. You are in community, you support others. The point is to link. Linking people who too often work alone. Amplifying the so often forgotten voices. Having the courageous conversations with an equal measure of patience. Building roads between people seems like one of the most important and helpful things I can do. Seth Godin recently reminded me that roads last a lot longer than buildings.