I'm saddened to report that one of the best blogs, if not the best, in South Florida has been disbanded. Stuck on the Palmetto has shut down because of really a media blitz. Read about it here on Mayo's blog post "Blog eat blog world"
Now there is just a sad little goodbye note and strange video clip on sotp.I'll keep the link up on my blog roll for awhile longer.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
the most productive thing I did all day
GJAS Leadership Committee self-nomination
I first heard about the dire conditions of children’s health internationally at the launch of SCCS in the fall of 2002 and it changed my college major, career path, and my worldview. I aligned myself with Global Justice and served on the SCCS coordinating committee for a year and started a local chapter at the University of Miami which hosted our schools first “die-in” (which quickly became a biannual tradition), a meeting with Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and sent five delegates to a national conference. In the spring of 2004, I also interned at the GJ office, but through the years Global Justice gave me a whole lot more in return. The unique power of students in advocacy and the role they can play in reshaping the way development funds are facilitated motivated me to remain in non-profit activism throughout college and into my current job. I was thrilled to see that alumni started to organize and took a couple days off work to fly up for the GJAS planning conference this past fall.
The GJAS can serve an important function for GJ’s growth and sustainability as well as mentoring college campaigns. Serving on the leadership committee would be an exciting way to stay involved with the efforts of GJ while setting up the system for the GJAS to operate. The team of alumni planning the GJAS are great leaders, creative thinkers, and efficient planners with a wealth of experience and I would be honored to work with them to develop the GJAS into a functional part of the organization which can benefit students and strengthen the organization as a whole. Right now, I am out of the child health sphere on a daily basis, and would love the GJAS to be my productive outlet to follow global health policy and partake in GJ actions. Specifically I would like to serve the GJAS leadership committee as the communications or events and programming chair. In my current job I plan events and run communications, so both positions appeal to me and I would love to volunteer for either role.
Overall, I credit Global Justice for giving me a foundation of an “empowerment” rather than charity focus in development work as well as personally giving me leadership opportunities and practical tools for mobilizing students and running successful targeted campaigns – be it for child health, or my work today in the labor movement. I hope to continue participating in Global Justice efforts and would like this opportunity to be a member of the GJAS inaugural leadership committee.
I first heard about the dire conditions of children’s health internationally at the launch of SCCS in the fall of 2002 and it changed my college major, career path, and my worldview. I aligned myself with Global Justice and served on the SCCS coordinating committee for a year and started a local chapter at the University of Miami which hosted our schools first “die-in” (which quickly became a biannual tradition), a meeting with Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and sent five delegates to a national conference. In the spring of 2004, I also interned at the GJ office, but through the years Global Justice gave me a whole lot more in return. The unique power of students in advocacy and the role they can play in reshaping the way development funds are facilitated motivated me to remain in non-profit activism throughout college and into my current job. I was thrilled to see that alumni started to organize and took a couple days off work to fly up for the GJAS planning conference this past fall.
The GJAS can serve an important function for GJ’s growth and sustainability as well as mentoring college campaigns. Serving on the leadership committee would be an exciting way to stay involved with the efforts of GJ while setting up the system for the GJAS to operate. The team of alumni planning the GJAS are great leaders, creative thinkers, and efficient planners with a wealth of experience and I would be honored to work with them to develop the GJAS into a functional part of the organization which can benefit students and strengthen the organization as a whole. Right now, I am out of the child health sphere on a daily basis, and would love the GJAS to be my productive outlet to follow global health policy and partake in GJ actions. Specifically I would like to serve the GJAS leadership committee as the communications or events and programming chair. In my current job I plan events and run communications, so both positions appeal to me and I would love to volunteer for either role.
Overall, I credit Global Justice for giving me a foundation of an “empowerment” rather than charity focus in development work as well as personally giving me leadership opportunities and practical tools for mobilizing students and running successful targeted campaigns – be it for child health, or my work today in the labor movement. I hope to continue participating in Global Justice efforts and would like this opportunity to be a member of the GJAS inaugural leadership committee.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
business woman?
This sun-sentinel story shows how one has decided to abuse the system for her own gain.
I'm not sure why I'm posting it-- something about it though made me chuckle. Hey, though she was exploiting those in need, she did have a good idea working out for her there-- almost vigilante justice getting people in the country, but then she got greedy.
(don't try this at home).
I'm not sure why I'm posting it-- something about it though made me chuckle. Hey, though she was exploiting those in need, she did have a good idea working out for her there-- almost vigilante justice getting people in the country, but then she got greedy.
(don't try this at home).
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