What Is Going Om

Aired Thursday, 11 August 2016, 7:00 PM ETRegardless of our race, culture, creed, or where in the world we live, all humans have one thing in common: we all face the possibility of having to face a misfortunate or tragic event in our lives.The fact is, wherever we live—east, west, north or south, small town or urban sprawl—none of us are immune from natural disasters—fire, flood, hurricanes, avalanches, volcanic eruptions, and tornadoes are possibilities that can threaten, devastate, and transform our lives in an instant.For the more than 60 million refugees living in our world today, however, tragedy and misfortune have transcended possibility to become brutal fact.At a time when the narrative of world events contains so much hatred, barbarity, and inhumanity, how do we hold on to the decent human values we were raised with – like compassion, support, respect and love?How does a human being who has been driven from their home, separated from their family, divested of all their belongings and deprived of all