COALESCE is a story-telling community that fosters empathy, compassion, and understanding through the sharing of human stories and experiences. Divisiveness and fear of difference permeate politics, media, and our everyday lives. What is something that brings people together? Stories. Shared experiences. How often do you get to share your story – the story of who you are, what you have been through in life, the experiences that have shaped you and how you have grown and changed, your challenges, hopes, fears, and dreams – and had someone truly and deeply listen to you?Through our online publications and workshops, we want to provide that space for you. For all of us. To speak our truth. To be heard. To connect. To understand. To grow closer. To love better. To see each other and the world with eyes of empathy and compassion.