Love in Action: Educating Across the Nation  for a Beloved Community February places Valentine’s Day at its center — a day that celebrates many forms of love. Beyond romantic love, we honor the love of friendship and the deeper agape  love that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. described in 1957 as “understanding, creative, redeeming goodwill for all people… an overflowing love which seeks nothing in return. It is the love of God operating in the human heart.” MLK’s vision of a beloved community is...

January - A New Year of Action and Impact For many, the New Year is a time for resolutions—intentions for how we hope to change or grow. At Spill the Honey, we are beginning the year not with words, but with action. Our planning for 2026 is already well underway.  We are off to a strong start in expanding our work on the national stage, with nearly 20 Shared Legacies programs scheduled across the country in the first quarter of 2026 alone. From Los Angeles to Boston, Washington, DC, and...

Help Us Increase the Light of This Season As we enter the winter season, each of the upcoming festivals—Chanukah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa—reminds us of a shared call: to increase the light.  In the Talmud, an expansive collection of Jewish wisdom, the rabbis debate how to light the Chanukah menorah. Should we begin with eight candles and decrease each night or should we begin with one candle and increase the light? Ultimately, the law follows the teaching of the great first century sage...