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A good man isn’t always hard to find

I don’t normally do this sort of thing on this blog, but I feel compelled to bring to your attention a new job that a friend and longtime reader of my blogging has just taken. From the press release: The Human Rights Initiative of North Texas (HRI) today announced that William O Holston, Jr., has […]

I don’t normally do this sort of thing on this blog, but I feel compelled to bring to your attention a new job that a friend and longtime reader of my blogging has just taken. From the press release:

The Human Rights Initiative of North Texas (HRI) today announced that William O Holston, Jr., has been selected to serve as its new Executive Director. In his new role, Mr. Holston will oversee the nonprofit agency which provides legal representation and social services free of charge to clients who have fled persecution and arrived in North Texas, often times with few or no resources.

Holston is a Dallas attorney who has a special passion for helping vulnerable people seeking refuge in the United States. Since 1987, Mr. Holston has provided pro bono legal representation for political and religious asylum applicants from 18 countries in Immigration Court. He has volunteered his services for HRI for the past 10 years. In 2005, Mr. Holston was awarded the Angel of Freedom Award by HRI, because of his commitment to provide pro bono services to clients.

I’ve known Bill for a few years, since my time in Dallas, and hoisted a few beers with him. I’ve heard Bill tell stories of human suffering — things his refugee clients have suffered back in their home countries — that make your skin crawl, your heart break, and your blood boil, all at the same time. Bill helps these poor souls who in Dallas, often for free, because that’s the kind of man he is. And because that’s the kind of Christian he is.

Bill also likes to walk in the great outdoors — Bill and Rawlins Gilliland used to get on me for being such an avid indoorsman — and has been writing about his walks, though the writing has to cease now, with his new position. Literature’s loss is humanity’s gain, I suppose. Congratulations, Bill, on your wonderful work, and on your new position.

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