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It’s Fair Trade Friday on this blog, too!

Posted by on Mar 21, 2014 in Blog Posts, Uncategorized | 0 comments

It’s Fair Trade Friday on this blog, too!

As a child, I was never especially distracted by the weather. Nice days were nice, but I could wait patiently until I got out of class to run around and soak up the sun.Not so much anymore. It helps that I’ve learned walking provides necessary fresh air, exercise, and rest for the wordsmith portion of my brain; it also helps that we’ve just made it through 3 months of snow coming in amounts and at times cruel and absurd enough to awaken anyone’s cynicism (I never got angry at...

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It’s Been a Grand Weekend

Posted by on Nov 24, 2013 in Blog Posts, Editing, Uncategorized, Work and Career | 0 comments

It’s Been a Grand Weekend

Especially for Whovians. Also those still mourning the passing of John Fitzgerald Kennedy–now that’s a morbid cosmic coincidence. And somewhere between joy and tragedy lie the Hobbit fans, with the Battle of Five Armies also falling on November 23rd (warning: may be spoilers through the wikia link). For me, it’s also been the culmination of several weeks of intense labor, interspersed with perhaps more procrastination than strictly speaking necessary. And also with my awesome...

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Fair Trade Friday post at the Amani Blog!

Posted by on Sep 13, 2013 in Blog Posts, Uncategorized | 0 comments

From my posts this month, you might assume I had done nothing but read and review books. You wouldn’t be far wrong. One of my internships has wrapped up, but I’m keeping up with the second–a part-time arrangement with the Fair Trade store Amani DC–for some outside the house occupation during my job search. The status of my job search can best be described as “pending.” To be honest, after the crisis in July and the hard work that came with wrapping up my...

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Say Yes! Women’s Crowdfunding Campaign

Posted by on Aug 16, 2013 in Blog Posts, Uncategorized | 0 comments

I am not done with blogging about crowdfunding, it seems. Today my Fair Trade Friday post up at the Amani DC page is dedicated to an awesome new campaign which combines ecofriendly ‘upcycling’ (recycling in a way that creates a product with greater value than the original) with women’s empowerment by supporting refugees in the Austin, Texas area: Open Arms and Blue Avocado’s “Say YES!” campaign. As you might be able to guess, I am also becoming a big fan of...

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Hello World

Posted by on Feb 10, 2013 in Blog Posts, Uncategorized, Work and Career | 0 comments

This blog happens to be started in the midst of a crisis of identity for me. I’ve just recently graduated college and am finishing one last semester in Washington, D.C. before…what? I’m making the shift from student to young professional. I think that young professional’s career will lie in the nonprofit sector, but anything more specific than that I’m still feeling out. In my time I’ve been a volunteer income tax preparer, a cashier, a library page, a...

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