I've been honored and thrilled to work on the Mill City Skill Share 2014 this year. This event has been a great collaboration between the Merrimack Valley Time Exchange at the Coalition for A Better Acre and the 119 Gallery and we've been fortunate with great response from the community! (27 Workshops and 7 Host Sites!) We're committed to producing ( Read more... )

Everything is not ok. I just want a little stability in my life. Maybe a chance to catch my breath. That's all. Christmas is coming soon and I could really use a viable job offer and a stable housing situation.

Love,
Joy

I was nominated for a national service award! You can vote here: http://2013serviceimpact.challenge.gov/submissions/16003-economic-opportunity-americorps-vista-merrimack-valley-time-exchange

This is very, very important to me. So important that I have promised to make a personalized, handmade card for every single donor. So important that I emailed the fundraiser link to my family asking them to support it. So important that I've been putting in extra unpaid time to support it almost every week. So important that if you donate I will ( Read more... )

I know it's not really cool to be into Valentine's Day when you are single. Singles, especially single women, tend to often express a cynical view of the holiday. It's too commercial. It's so overwhelmingly in-your-face geared towards romantic love. It leaves people out. And that's all true... However, at it's core, for me, it always boils ( Read more... )

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My academic department is being dismantled. Supposedly the degree program in which I am enrolled with transition intact to existing without the support of a department. The decision was made without any input from our current faculty or students, and the announcement was released to the school at large without any warning or notification to those ( Read more... )