Year of the Question

I'm never one to make resolutions at the turn of each new year. 2013 proves no exception. Still, I do come into this year with a sense of expectation in facing very new and very exciting possibilities. I am in the process of asking vital personal and professional questions, but I also haven't taken my eyes of those communities to which I belong. In the coming months, educators, LGBTIQ people, religious skeptics, social activists, and university students - all of which I currently identify with - will ponder the social, political, and economic landscapes so vastly changing.

Unparalleled "tipping points" loom on the horizon. And, we can meet those challenges with courage and grace under fire to the betterment of us all, or we can continue the polarizing rhetoric of our past. 

With any luck, Utmost Report will prove to be an extension, the cathartic expression, of my actions and opinions as pertaining to how the questions of 2013 are answered. With any dream fulfilled, Utmost Report will become a well-read, thought and discussion-provoking exploration of education, politics, religion, and personal expression, which in the end leads to the betterment of healing and hope. 

In a lighter sense, essentially, I wish to join the ranks of several thousand peers in finding a public outlet for conversation generally discouraged in such arenas by the Emily Posts of the world. (Though in 2013, I'm pretty confident such a world no longer exists.) 

Welcome to my world, please, don't be afraid to share yours!