Rain on Mown Grass

In 2010, a massive earthquake leveled much of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing over 200,000 people. Amid the chaos, a quiet Haitian judge named Jean-Pierre Brice refused to abandon his post. While others fled, he set up an improvised court beneath a tarp, settling land disputes between neighbors whose property lines had literally shifted overnight. He prioritized widows and orphans — people who had no one to advocate for them.…