On her Substack, Leslie Hamp shares that Christopher Wurst spent more than two decades serving the United States abroad working in eight countries and four continents. Now retired and living in Slovenia with his wife, Kjara, he was back in northern Michigan visiting family — and joining this peaceful national day of action to stand up for democracy.
What followed was a thoughtful, deeply personal conversation with the Wurst family:
- Christopher, retired diplomat shining a global lens on what the world sees happening in the United States
- Kjara, Slovenian choreographer and witness to shifting global perceptions of America, and
- Christine, retired art teacher who has long been active in progressive causes.
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