Back to Reality

I am back from Africa and have been trying to roll back into reality!  It has been hard fighting jet lag and catching up on all my homework (word to the wise: don’t put all of your exam notes in your checked baggage, when you have an exam the week you get back, it is [...]

Reconnecting our Communities

Reconnecting community is really touching my heart lately. I have been working with the League of Women Voters on a voting project, the first step to participating in community. I have been working on creating a Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) to connect individuals working for social change. And I have been [...]

Lack of Community in the U.S.

I am leaving for Africa next week to work with World Hope International in Zambia and Vital Communications in Zimbabwe.  Both of these organizations have been working for over a decade to help Africans in these countries to become self-sufficient and strengthen their communities.  The reality is that most of the people in these countries [...]