NoVES members Ralph Hammelbacher and Faith Halter recently returned from a 3-plus year sojourn in Birmingham, Alabama, where they moved temporarily for Ralph’s work. Their initial reservations about living in the Deep South lifted when they decided to approach it like any other move to a different culture: as a chance to explore and to learn. It was a transformative experience in many ways. Ralph and Faith will share some of their insights about this region of our country and about themselves.