This weekend, we observe a somber anniversary of an event the tore through our country and our world. Ten years later, we are still grieving, still healing, still trying to find a way to find peace and good will and understanding. We send our deepest condolences to all those affected; and our best hopes for unity as a people in the years to come.

ean was one of 11 Boston Public School students and three teachers selected to join a three-week expedition to Mongolia as participants in the U.S. Department of State’s U.S.-Mongolia Emerging Youth Leaders Program. This October, Mongolian teenagers will travel to Boston to learn about journalism and the role of free expression in democratic society.

Elizabeth Mellen just returned from her six-month Quest in Ecuador, where she had a wonderful experience teaching, living with a family, meeting international volunteers from all over the world.