<p>Hear from Dignity/San Fernando Valley member Chris&nbsp;Chris Cappiello on what gives him hope and the role of DignityUSA today.</p><p><img src='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6D3lyqdM6g'></p><p>Transcript:</p><p>Chris Cappiello:&nbsp;<em>I think Dignity is almost more necessary&nbsp;now than it has been because of Francis&nbsp;and the new tone of conversation&nbsp;that has opened up in the Church. I think&nbsp;that's a genie that is not going to get&nbsp;stuffed back in a bottle no matter what&nbsp;happens and the door is open. They want&nbsp;to hear our stories. For years for&nbsp;a generation we were basically told: Your&nbsp;story is not real Your story is not&nbsp;worth hearing Your story needs to change&nbsp;and now we're hearing What is your story? Who is the church? Who are these people&nbsp;living out their lives living out the&nbsp;sacraments continuing determined in&nbsp;spite of all opposition? So I think now&nbsp;it's more important than ever for Dignity to have that voice and to join&nbsp;in that conversation and to turn this&nbsp;battleship around.</em></p><p></p><p>Let's Stay Connected. <a href=https://www.dignityusa.org/civicrm/mailing/subscribe><strong>Join the Dateline newsletter for news action alerts and encouragement.</strong></a></p>