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Kids on campus: SMU’s growing daycare center moving to new digs HARRIETTE HAUSKE Contributing Writer hhauske@smu.edu

care, according to the American Association of University Women.

Twelve little students sat crisscross applesauce on a train-covered rug in the basement of Hawk Hall one morning recently, holding maracas and singing songs in Spanish. The toddlers stood up one at a time to introduce themselves, and to dance and sing with the class. “Mi nombre es David,” one boy nervously sang to the class. His classmates quickly joined in, “David fue a escula hoy, a escula hoy, a escula hoy.” Another boy, wearing a navy-and white-striped shirt and a huge smile, wiggled excitedly as he waited his turn. The SMU Child Care and Preschool Center provides daycare for 27 children, ranging from infants to 5-year-olds. They are all children of SMU students, faculty and staff. The center started about 40 years ago as a parent co-op, explained Liz Harper, the director of the SMU Child Care and Preschool Center, and the demand became so great that it became a licensed childcare center in 1978. On-campus child care is crucial to parents, both nationally and on the SMU campus – and big things are coming for the university’s center. Next year the center will relocate from the little basement in Hawk Hall to an 80,000-square foot lot on sorority row. Construction is expected

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An artist’s drawing of the future SMU Child Care and Preschool Center

to be completed by Aug. 1. Although many people are excited about the upgrade, the move is not without controversy. Some sorority women are upset that they’re losing parking spots, and teachers and parents are worried that the current daycare staff won’t be hired next year when the center is outsourced. But overall, the center is seen as vital to the SMU community. Parents say it’s also critical for their success as families. Chelsea Alvarado’s 2-year-old son, Henry, is currently enrolled at the center. Alvarado is the Crisis Intervention Counselor at

Mesquite High School. Her husband, Chris Alvarado, works for SMU’s Office of Information Technology. Alvarado was initially drawn to the center so her son would be close to dad. She now keeps him enrolled for the amazing staff, who she credits for helping the couple navigate as first-time parents. “I love how attentive and loving they are to Henry,” Alvarado said. “They have been really supportive of us as a family.” Nationally: The importance of on-campus child care

Child care is crucial on college campuses. One of the leading competitive issues in higher education is the retention of women faculty. The challenge, say educators, is that the tenure clock coincides with the biological clock, forcing many female faculty to choose between their career and their children. The same ultimatum applies to students with children. Only one-third of student parents attain a degree or certificate within six years of enrollment, according to the Institute For Women’s Policy Research. Despite the increased

need for on-campus child care, its presence is declining. According to IWPR, in 2015, less than half of four-year public colleges provided campus child care, down from 55 percent in 2003-05. The number declined more sharply at community colleges – from 53 percent in 2003-04, to 44 percent in 2015. The availability of oncampus child care also varies by state – and Texas is lagging behind. In 2014, Texas had the second most community colleges by state, yet only 37 percent of these community colleges offered on-campus child

The SMU parents who send their children to the daycare center are grateful for the facility and say the center’s tuition is relatively lower than nearby daycare providers. Heather DeShon, an associate professor of geophysics, sent both of her children to the center. She moved to Dallas when her oldest son was 3 years old. “Having him accepted into the childcare center while we still lived in Memphis and were planning our move was a huge help during the transition process,” DeShon said. “Dependable childcare is hard enough to arrange when you are local.” Elizabeth Russ, an associate professor of Spanish, also sent both of her children to the center and loves its convenience. Before her oldest daughter came to SMU Child Care, she was enrolled at a daycare located farther away from campus. It added an extra 40 to 60 minutes of commute time every day, Russ said. The Center’s Future There is a high demand for the SMU daycare continued on page 4

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center. The infant room currently has a waitlist of over 25 children. “We’ve been limited because we have been housed here in Hawk, so we just couldn’t grow,” Harper said. “This is what we have: the three rooms, and the infant and toddler rooms have been full.” The waitlist will be alleviated next year when the new center is built. Having a larger building with additional classrooms will increase student capacity from 30 to 80. “I am excited about the expansion,” Russ said. “I am excited about more families being able to have the opportunity to take advantage of having daycare on campus because it does make life a lot easier.” The new daycare center will receive many much-needed upgrades. Each room will have its own playground specialized for its age group and capabilities and also ahve its own kitchen.

The daycare currently has lunch catered from the Umphrey Lee Center. However, sometimes the children get hungry before the food arrives, Harper said. Having an in-house kitchen will give the staff more control over meal times. The location of the new daycare is controversial

“We pay hundreds of dollars for a parking pass, yet our parking just got cut in half.” among some sorority members. Students are voicing complaints about the 40 parking spots that have been blocked off for the construction now underway. “We pay hundreds of dollars for a parking pass, yet our parking just got cut in half. I wouldn’t have gotten a parking pass if I knew my parking was going to have to be University Park regulated,” said Anna Pops, a senior finance student at SMU. “I know there are

parking garages, but the nearest one to my house is a far walk. As a young woman, when I drive home at night, I don’t feel comfortable walking alone.” The 40 studentparking spots won’t be coming back. Those slots will be reserved for the parents and staff of the child care center. By law, buildings must have a certain number of parking spots, explained Mary Pennington-Hoyt, senior project manager for the new daycare. It is also uncertain if the current employees will be hired next year when the daycare is outsourced to Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a third party child care provider. Since the daycare will be much bigger next year, SMU hired the company to run the center. However, the outsourcing is upsetting to some. “I want the women who work there to be treated well, and to be honored,” Russ said. “And I don’t know yet if that’s going to happen.”

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Brand New brings emotion to The Bomb Factory KELLY KOLFF Assoc. A&L Editor kkolff@smu.edu Fans aged 17-60 crowded the floor of The Bomb Factory Oct. 29, excitedly prepping for a sold-out show. Alt-rockers Brand New were back in Dallas for the first time since 2014 and no fan wanted to miss seeing them. As a band that always seems to be on the verge of calling it quits, fans have learned to not take their chances. After all, front man Jesse Lacey closed the show by simply stating, “We’ll be back for a couple more shows before we go away forever.” Before the show began, concert goers started cheering as they noticed some familiar figures in the balcony. Other heads turned, and standing in a row were four people dressed up as the iconic figures from the band’s album covers: the devil and God, the astronaut and the fox. After a performance from openers Nada Surf that lacked

energy needed to pump up a crowd, a “cage” of LED lights lowered in front of the stage. Lacey took his place at his signature flower-adorned microphone stand, barely visible behind the glow of the screen in front of him. The band had effectively created a “fourth wall” between themselves and the audience, worrying some that the entire show would be played behind the barrier. As a band known for its emotionally-charged anthems of anger and depression, the “fourth wall” acted as a barrier from the real world. The band was shielded from the audience’s gaze, and the audience was shielded from the band. This forced both to focus only on the music for two songs until the barrier raised to reveal Brand New. The already intense crowd collided with each other again and again, collectively releasing any and all emotions, whether they be overwhelming joy or immense sadness. This continued throughout the

show as the band’s energy fed on the crowd’s and vice versa. While fans were pleased to hear favorites from their most recent album “Science Fiction,” it was obvious that the real emotions lay in favorites including “Deja Entendu” and “The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me.” The band even seemed to become more hyped up, as if they were welcoming longlost friends. The first stint of older songs began with the famously venomous “Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don’t,” in which Lacey spat out every line with as much rage as the original track. Other highlights of the night included “You Won’t Know,” a song full of screams and heavy guitar. Lacey became transfixed in the final verse, swaying and grasping at slivers of light cast down from the ceiling. After a rendition of “Sowing Season” that included an extended ending, Lacey came back alone on stage for one final encore,

a solo rendition of “Soco Amaretto Lime” from their first album, “Your Favorite Weapon.” While tuning his guitar, Lacey joked with the crowd about the song’s juvenile subject matter. “At the time that I wrote it, I think I meant it really sincerely, but going on 40 with a 14-year-old, it’s become real satire to me, which is kinda funny,” Lacey said. “It’s still just as meaningful, so thank you guys so much.” There’s something to be said in that playful jab at one’s own music. When a band as old as Brand New still plays songs written at a time when they were much younger, the original meaning can seem a little lost. Yet the songs do not become, as Lacey said, less meaningful. Brand New is the kind of band that you blasted when you were 13, so mad at the world that you shut yourself away in your room. You played them when you were 17 and not sure how your life would turn out. And again at 20, when their

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music was a reminder that sometimes you just need to let it all go. So, when Lacey belted out “I’m gonna stay 18 forever” to a teary crowd, they all felt the collective nostalgia,

sadness and happiness. In that moment, everyone was back in their room, remembering what it was like to discover a band that would become their everything.

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Men’s basketball looks to follow up historic season PHIL MAYER Assoc. Sports Editor pmayer@smu.edu SMU men’s basketball will play its season opener on Nov. 10 against University of

Maryland-Baltimore County, looking to follow up one of the best seasons in the program’s history. The Mustangs went 30-5 last year, winning the American Athletic Conference

regular season title and the conference tournament before falling to USC in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Repeating the success will be a challenge for the Mustangs. They lost three key contributors to the NBA, and will have to rely heavily on freshman to fill their voids. Let’s take a look at how their roster breaks down for the upcoming season. SMU will be without three fifths of last season’s starting five. Semi Ojeleye is now playing for the Boston Celtics, Sterling Brown is on the Milwaukee Bucks and Ben Moore is playing for the G-League’s Fort Wayne Mad Ants. With Ojeleye, Brown and Moore departing, SMU lost some of its best talent and leadership. Ojeleye was the best player not only on the team, but also in the conference last year. He paced SMU in points, averaging 19 per game and finished second on the squad in rebounds with 6.9. He also worked efficiently, shooting 48.7 percent from the field and 42.4 percent from three impressive marks for a high-volume scorer. Ojeleye took home AAC Player of the Year honors at the end of the season. Brown and Moore were also extremely valuable as seniors. Both players featured diverse skill sets and were capable of passing, rebounding, scoring and defending at a high level. In addition, they had been with the program for four years and provided valuable senior leadership. In addition to the three stars, role-playing

guards Dashawn McDowell and Jonathan Wilfong left the team. Wilfong, a walk-on and fan favorite, graduated, and McDowell transferred to University of Seattle. SMU’s returning players will have to shoulder a much larger load with the exit of Ojeleye, Brown and Moore. The Mustangs will have to replace over 45 points per game that were scored by nowdeparted players. Junior Shake Milton will be asked to take a much larger role. He started every game last season and averaged 13 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. This season, he was named the preseason AAC Conference Player of the Year and is widely regarded as a potential first round pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. To reach those lofty expectations, Milton will likely have to improve his numbers. He is a good threepoint shooter, knocking down three-pointers at a 42.3 percent clip last year, but will have to produce volume scoring from both inside and outside the arc this season. With Ojeleye gone, Milton will likely take his spot as the team’s goto scorer with the game on the line. SMU’s other two returning players are Jarrey Foster and Ben Emelogu. Foster started every game but two for the Mustangs last season, and took a major step forward from his freshman year. He averaged just less than 10 points per game, and played solid defense for the team. Like Milton, he will have to pick up his scoring, as he becomes an upper-classman and one of the tam leaders. Emelogu is entering his senior season, and while his numbers are not impressive, he fills an important role as a

defender and ball-handler for SMU. SMU is bringing a boatload of fresh faces to the team this season. Arkansas transfer Jimmy Whitt will take the court this season after redshirting last year. Whitt is an athletic guard who can handle the ball, and could start for SMU in his first season playing for them. While Tim Jankovich’s play style does not funnel players into specific positions, Whitt figures to share point guard duties with Milton this season. Another transfer that will be hugely important for SMU is Georgetown grad transfer Akoy Agau. Moore and Ojeleye were SMU’s only forwards to receive significant playing time last season, and Agau will be the only non-freshman with the size to replace them at that spot. Agau will not be a big scorer for this team – he averaged just 4.5 points per game last year – but he will be tasked with guarding opposing centers for much of the game. A transfer that can and will score is former South Florida guard Jahmal McMurray. McMurray averaged 15.2 points per game for the Bulls two seasons ago, and averaged 20.3 last year in the three games he played before transferring out. McMurray will debut for SMU on December 18, when the Mustangs take on Boise State. When with the team, he will pack a powerful scoring punch in the backcourt. Featuring only Agau as an experienced big body, SMU will rely heavily on freshmen forwards Everett Ray and Ethan Chargois. Ray’s muscular frame should make him an effective rebounder. He snagged 17 in one of SMU’s exhibition games in Canada this summer.

Chargois, while two inches taller, is the more skilled of the two. SMU’s other two freshmen, William Douglas and Elijah Landrum, will be joining a crowded backcourt. Landrum is a 6-0 bundle of speed who averaged 25 points and nearly four steals as a senior in high school. Douglas stands at 6-5, and the Memphis native was a four-star recruit when signing to SMU. The Mustangs will have a tougher schedule than last season, as they could face four of the top 12 teams in the nation if they match up with No. 3 Arizona in the Battle 4 Atlantis. The Mustangs’ most meaningful non-conference battle will be a showdown with No. 10 USC in Moody Coliseum, when SMU will look to avenge last year’s season-ending loss. Despite winning the AAC regular season title and the tournament last season, SMU was picked to finish fourth in the preseason coach’s poll. The teams selected to place ahead of them are No. 12 Cincinnati, newcomer No. 7 Wichita State and Central Florida. The Mustangs caught fire in conference play last year, coasting to a 17-1 record with the lone loss coming by two points in Cincinnati. This year, the AAC should be better and offer SMU more challenges on a game-by-game basis. The Mustangs are no lock for the NCAA Tournament; they have to prove that they can replace the talent that they lost. But with some improvement from returning players; contributions from freshmen and transfers; and a touch of Jankovich’s coaching magic; this team could be headed back to the Big Dance in March.

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Women’s basketball to tip-off season OLIVIA PITTEN Sports Editor opitten@smu.edu The SMU women’s basketball team, under the leadership of returning head coach Travis Mays, is preparing to open its season Nov. 10 in Moody Coliseum. In Mays’ first year at the helm, the team finished 19-15. The Mustangs went 13-3 in Moody Coliseum, boasting an unscathed 8-0 non-conference home record. Mays led SMU to the third round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, where they fell to Indiana 64-44. This season, the Mustangs return senior guards McKenzie Adams and Mikayla Reese, and senior forwards Alicia Froling and Stephanie Collins. Froling currently holds the conference best average of 10 rebounds per game and ended last season with 339 rebounds, breaking the single-season record yet again. Froling also averaged 14.3 points per game last season, the team-high. The Queensland, Austrailia native was recently named to the AAC Preseason AllConference second team. In addition to the returning veterans, SMU is adding some new faces to the roster.

Makenzie and Savannah Ellis, sisters from Tulsa, Okla., will be joining the Mustangs. Makenzie, a junior transfer from Colorado, averaged 6.4 points per game last season. In high school Ellis was the only starting sophomore on the Booker T. Washington state championship team. “Makenzie adds so much to our program. What she has accomplished already on the court speaks for itself,” Mays said in a press release. “Makenzie has proven herself in the Pac-12. We expect her offensive and defensive skill set to continue to shine in the AAC. Makenzie will serve a vital role with our team next year. As she sits out her transfer year, she will be a valuable part of the continual growth of our team in practice next season. Makenzie will be a key piece of the championship foundation we are building at SMU next year and in the future.” Savannah Ellis, a freshman from Booker T. Washington High School, averaged 11.8 points per game. Captain of her high school team, Ellis led the team to the state quarterfinals. “Savannah is a leader who continuously strives to pursue excellence on the court and in

the classroom,” Mays said ina press release. “She had an outstanding high school career, and we expect her to be a three-point shooting specialist at the collegiate level.” Joining the Ellis sisters in the 2017 signing class are forward Johnasia Cash from McKeesport, Pa., guard Ariana Whitfield from Houston, and guard Morgan Smith from Dallas. The Mustangs are ranked No. 1 in the American Athletic Conference coming into this season. The Mustangs will play a total of 16 conference games: three at home, three on the road and five both at home and away. SMU will take on UCF, East Carolina, Houston, Temple and Wichita State in Moody Coliseum as well as on the road. SMU will additionally host Cincinnati, Connecticut and Tulsa, while traveling to play Memphis, USF and Tulane. SMU will tip-off nonconference play this Nov. 10 against Nicholls in Moody Coliseum at 11:30 a.m.

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Trump’s hypocrisy has high cost KENNY MARTIN Opinion Editor kjmartin@smu.edu It’s been a news-filled and tragic week. I normally would have written something about gun violence, but I did that in the SMU Campus Weekly following the Las Vegas shooting. Frankly, I don’t have much more to say on the topic. I will, however, say this: the situation is much more complicated than many people are willing to acknowledge. Our tendency to reduce impossibly scary, repetitive events of terror to one or two straightforward factors is understandable — doing so makes these shootings a little less terrifying. But it will not make them go away. President Donald Trump asserted that the shooting “isn’t a guns situation” but instead described it as “a mental health problem at the highest level.” He was rightly attacked for this stance; his attempt to postpone or ignore gun ownership-related policy considerations is irresponsible. Trump’s attempt to pin the attack on mental health is especially irresponsible, since earlier this year he revoked an Obama-era regulation which made it harder for people with mental illnesses to buy guns. Such blatant hypocrisy has apparently become Trump’s calling card. It is not only the product of a careless and incompetent administration, but is also part and parcel of Trump’s continued support among his base. A specific example will serve to illustrate the fundamental role of hypocrisy in Trump’s success — namely, his administration’s treatment of LGBTQ people during the past year: Donald Trump heralded himself as the first gay-friendly, Republican presidential candidate. During a speech just before the election, he unfurled a rainbow flag on which someone had written “LGBTs for Trump.” The only problem was that the flag was upside-down (for those of you wondering, it’s supposed to be red on top, purple on bottom). This might have been, at the time, an innocent, well-meaning and unfortunate mistake. It turned out, however, to be an ominous symbol of how the administration would establish a facade of support for LGBTQ rights while steadily eroding much of the progress made under the Obama administration. Almost as soon as Trump took office,

signs showed that he would not be as gayfriendly as he claimed to be. In February, he revoked Obama-era protections that allowed transgender students to use the bathroom of their gender. In July, he infamously tweeted a ban on transgender military service members. The ban was blocked by a federal judge Oct. 30; its ultimate fate remains to be seen. In early October, the U.S. voted against a UN resolution condemning the discriminatory use of the death penalty (for example, the execution of men found to have had consensual same-sex relations, a commonplace punishment in many parts of the world). The vote was complicated. The U.S. claims to have objected principally to language condemning the use of the death penalty — which is still legal in 32 states — in general. Nonetheless, the episode was ambiguous, poorly handled and hardly befitting for an LGBT-friendly administration. The incident was also especially pernicious given the frequency with which certain Republicans during the 2016 election offered the vague example of “how poorly they treat gays in the Middle East” to somehow justify how badly they are still treated, often by those same Republicans, in the U.S. Also in October, Attorney General Jeff Sessions directed U.S. attorneys to no longer interpret federal law as protecting transgender people from discrimination on the basis of sex. The directive coincides with the proliferation of so-called religious-freedom bills — the most recent of which was

enacted in Mississippi — which explicitly permit businesses to discriminate based on sexual orientation and gender expression. In summary, President Trump is not an LGBTQ-friendly president. If he ever truly was, he seems to have quickly changed his mind almost as soon as he stepped into the Oval Office. Doing so appears to have energized many in his evangelical base while causing minimal loss of support among his moderate supporters, or those who are relatively indifferent to LGBTQ issues. Indeed, the Trump supporters who paraded his apparent support for LGBTQ Americans now too readily overlook, or even applaud, the open hypocrisy of his administration’s actions over this past year. As Masha Gessen writes for The New Yorker, “The appeal of antiqueer gestures goes beyond the hard evangelical right, and probably includes some people whose best friends are gay.” In other words, the skeptics were right not to trust him. The LGBTQ community was right not to trust him. Those who did trust him ought to recognize the error of their ways and get out while they still can (local and mid-term elections are great places to start). We should never forget what Trump said in a speech at the Republican National Convention. In response to the Pulse nightclub shooting, he claimed that he would “do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology.” Apparently, that didn’t include protection from Trump himself.

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‘Fashioned for Freedom’ benefits My Refuge House LISA SALINAS Fashion Editor lmsalinas@smu.edu Fashion is more than just clothes, accessories, runway shows and red carpets — the industry can be used as a way to bring people together for an important cause. Such was the case when My Refuge House hosted “Fashioned for Freedom” runway show Nov. 1. My Refuge House is a nonprofit organization that houses girls and young women rescued from sexual trafficking in the Philippines. The organization also offers emotional, educational and spiritual support to empower them to be strong, independent women who effect change in their society. "We bring in these girls who are completely broken and they actually come into our family," said Amber Schlosser, Director of Development of My Refuge House. The organization provides girls with resources to recuperate and establish themselves once they leave the house. "We have a property where we have house parents, a nurse on staff, a homeschool curriculum that's made just for them, because a lot of them that come into our program have maybe a third grade education," Schlosser said. "They come into our home, get the counseling and love they need so they can be healed inside and out." My Refuge House aims to foster women that are strong and healthy following the trauma they've overcome. "Our goal is always for them to go outside the walls of My Refuge House and thrive on their own with a good support system," Schlosser said. "We hook them up with mentors and support them all the way through college or a career path they choose." Everyone involved in the organization provides the girls support. "A whole community really surrounds these girls and lifts them up to make sure they finish strong," Schlosser said. Schlosser believes programs such as this one are necessary to assure girls coming out of these tragic situations are kept on the right track. "We call this process the long rescue, because a lot of people don't think about what happens when someone is rescued from child trafficking," Schlosser said. "They think 'oh

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In addition to a runway show, “Fashioned for Freedom” hosted a silent auction

Continued from page 11 you'll see a lot of black and white. They also are a little bit more simple; minimalist lines, very clean and very modern-looking," said Victoria Andrews one of the fashion show's primary planners. Each brand collaborated with an artist to design a dress specifically for the show. These special-edition dresses could be bought during the show via silent auction. Miranda Bennett collaborated with artist Erin Walsh, Clan of Cro with Ruben Burgess and Folksie with Mathew Brinston. Vendors also contributed to the event. Each vendor had different sales percentages donated to My Refuge House, ranging from 10 to 90 percent. Some even created items specifically for the organization, such as 9010 shop. "9010 shop is online and she curated some of the items that are in her shop for My Refuge House," said My Refuge House CEO Heather Bland. "Others are being very generous with around 20 percent of their profits.” Other vendors at the event included Vickery Trading Company, Melt Goods and more. Vickery Trading Company hires refugee women who live in Dallas and trains them to sew, in addition to having personal development and cultural assimilation training. Founder and president of Vickery Trading Company Stephanie Giddens said she was honored to be at the fashion show. "I'm getting to support the women that I work with everyday, which is really incredible to me to be able to watch them grow and learn," Giddens said. It was also rewarding for Giddens to give back to My Refuge House's cause. "To be able to give back to My Refuge House is so exciting... to watch these girls being taken out of something that is so terrible and to be brought into a new life and safety is an incredible opportunity,"

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Designer clothing auction following the show

Giddens said. Although the fashion show benefited girls far from the Dallas area, My Refuge House Director of Engagement Kim Jones,assured attendees that their presence and contributions will not go unnoticed. Jones described a young girl from the program who impacted her life. "A few months ago I sat across the table from Maggie and I looked into her eyes and didn't see sadness," Jones said during her presentation. "I saw light, I saw possibility, I saw a young women who was empowered. I believe Maggie will change her family, her village... I believe ultimately Maggie will change her country," Jones said. "Maggie knows each one of you are here. Each one of you tonight helps to make Maggie brave." My Refuge House CEO Heather Bland,also strongly believes in the positive impact the organization has on the girls. "We are small but mighty and we're in the business of hope," Bland said.