In 2020, my family binge-watched the Netflix series, Stranger Things. I’ve often felt that life this past year was like venturing into the “Upside Down” — an alternate dimension (and pretty scary place) parallel to the real world. 2020 was, without a doubt, rough — a global pandemic, shocking increases in poverty worldwide, racial brutality and a long-overdue reckoning in the U.S., wildfires in California, and (almost as comic relief except for their devastating potential) murder hornets. But the year wasn’t all grim. At Miller Center, there were some wonderful opportunities, innovations, and shared moments.
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