So, I finished my NOLA placement, my conference was amazing...We had about 50 people in attendence and the council decided to pursue a policy agenda focused on regional transportation and food stamp outreach, particularly focused on rural residents and seniors. They're also going to do a public awareness campaign. I'm so glad everything came ( Read more... )

10 hrs...ow ow ( Read more... )

ummm, ok, really quick run down ( Read more... )

i FINALLY finished my grad apps, hooray! now, i wait. and pray. and try and get ups fully on board with transferring corey wherever we need him to be able to go ( Read more... )

i just want to put it out there, personal statements suck arse. boooooo...

prayers are quite welcome.

deadline: nov 1
six essays to go.

i'm so out of school mode, i should be churning these out.

Hey people, so having spent a few weeks here I have a lot more commentary. The city itself is fine, there's a lot to do, the people are nice, I'm just struggling a bit being on my own. Now the guy that did the fellowship last year & works for Second Harvest is super cool, and my field site partner is alright, but it's taking some time to get ( Read more... )

I'm beginning day three here, and so far nothing extremely interesting to report. I feel like I drive entirely too fast for this city, learning how to drive in Atlanta made me a speed demon comparatively. I'm back in a dorm, and this has probably been the biggest adjustment. The building looks like a high rise (a long ways off from Agnes) but the ( Read more... )

So I just got back today from training, it was ah-mazing, what an incredible group of people. Ten days and I'm sad to see everyone go to their respective field sites.

My partner is pretty darn cool,


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it's August, and I now have a little more than two weeks until training. Have I unpacked from school yet? Nope. So I most certainly have not made any moves in the direction of moving to New Orleans. *sigh* And I still have not finished the book I'm to be reading, Sweet Charity. The articles in the packet they gave us were both informative and ( Read more... )

Mmmm, mmmmm, good ( Read more... )