well, i haven’t been blogging much because mike and I moved last weekend and our new place doesn’t have internet yet, and I didn’t blog before that because i was gone for a week for Americorps training, so sorry this has been few and far between. Hopefully we can figure out some cheap way to [...]
recruiting
Last friday I went with the students at the Christopher House to a day-long career fair. I was really looking forward to the day. Most days we just spend three or four hours with the students but this friday we were going to be together from 8am-4pm. The career fair was on Navy Pier in [...]
going to work
I started my new job on Tuesday (July 10th) at the Christopher House. I’m not an actual employee because I am doing Americorps this year. Americorps volunteers serve in communities, mostly at social service organizations and non-profits, with the overall goal to fight poverty…. right up my alley. We serve for one year and work [...]
Lobbying in Springfield
So this summer has taken me on a new and exciting adventure… this time into the world of politics and community organizing. I am part of a leadership class in community organizing through Public Action for Change Today (PACT), a community organization of young adults from around Chicago. PACT is a “broad-based” organization, which means [...]
