David Brooks, op-ed columnist for The New York Times and bestselling author, is this year’s guest speaker at Framing the Future. Pulling from his recently published book, How to Know A Person, The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Seen, David will share what it means to be an Illuminator, one who shines the brightness of their care on people and make them feel bigger, deeper, and respected.

Together, we will explore what it means as an individual and community to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood. So many people we serve at Habitat GSF are often “unseen” by their neighbors. Let’s shine our brightness as a community of Illuminators who transform lives with the power of affordable homeownership and preservation, and the joy that comes from being seen.