
Laura Giddings
National Leader & Executive Director of L'Arche USA, a nonprofit supporting inclusive communities for people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Sep 7, 2026
The Backstory S01E12-Sacred Stories on the Road: L'Arche's Pilgrimage of Listening
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8:40Josh PackardHOST
Laura, can you introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about the organization?

Laura GiddingsGUEST
I am the national leader for L'Arche in the United States, which also puts me at the table for the international leadership team because L'Arche is a global organization and a global movement for justice and equality and quality of life for people with intellectual disabilities.
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36:12Josh PackardHOST
Can you, can you give us an example of, of something that, you know, I know you're only six months in like many of us, um, What is something that has sort of popped up and you're like, oof, that was harder than I thought or that didn't go like we thought it would? And what's been unexpectedly lovely?