My name is Hellada Stasinoglou, I am a high school student and I believe that we should always openly talk about the refugee crisis, trafficking, human exploitation and child labor that plague our society. The year 2022 is a special year. Although 100 years have passed since the Smyrna Catastrophe, the Russian invasion of Ukraine unfortunately confirms once again that our world has not changed at all. Fear of the “other” and greed persist in fueling the most heinous human actions.