Abrah Meyer – Listening > Hearing

This is Abrah Meyer's 2016 retiring address as 2015-16 National FFA Central Region Vice President, titled "Listening > Hearing." Through personal stories—a childhood piano festival, a botched train trip through New York City with a teammate, a bike accident she caused by not listening, and a member named Kalinda who serves others despite hardship—she illustrates the difference between simply hearing and truly listening. Meyer argues that while hearing builds communication, listening builds relationships, and she challenges members to listen to others as an act of love.