Hello faithful friends, family, and followers! This is my second to last post for the YAV year. Next week I’ll head to re-entry weekend with the majority of the YAVs who served the 2014-2015 term, and I may have a clearer picture of how the year of service I just completed has impacted my life … Continue reading
Latest Entries
What is up with May?!
May feels like literally the worst month. Ever. Things that were supposed to happen, didn’t. Things that weren’t supposed to happen, did. The most noteworthy: a bus that I chartered didn’t show up the day of the biggest protest in Grassroots Leadership history, leaving 50 people to find their own way to Dilley (two hours away). Three … Continue reading
Keeping on keeping on
Are politicians shadow people? I (kind of) found out this week. Continue reading
Thanksgiving…is not just for November
I’m going to be in California! And also explain why I haven’t posted recently. Continue reading
Merry Christmas to All
I am so thankful/relieved/happy/etc. to be home at last in Claremont. It feels like it was a long time, but I still know how to get to In-N-Out so that’s a good sign. I have been extremely busy! I was in Charlotte, NC for the Grassroots Leadership winter board meeting. I learned so much, and … Continue reading
Winter is my Favorite
It’s cold outside and I have a lot of things to say about it. Mostly the word “winter.” Continue reading
I’m on the border again.
Hello friends! I am here in a tiny retreat center in tiny Los Fresnos, TX on a trip to the border with classmates. This is the first time I have been near the border and dealt directly with border issues in five years. Last time I was on my final youth work project and was weeks away … Continue reading
Humanity, featuring: Sam Turpen, co-upstairs YAV
On being a human being. Continue reading
I Went to Prison
On going to the T. Don Hutto Detention Center in Taylor, Texas. Continue reading
How To: Write an Op-Ed
On trying to emulate Janet Morgan Riggs. Continue reading
Emma YAVs Austin 