Dear United States Government,  

What follows is an open letter to you, from me, a novice social worker.  I expect you to know more of the following statistics than I do, based on the sheer volume of professional thinkers available to you compared to myself.  I also… Read full post »

The phone call making it's way around the interwebs today has gathered a lot of support from liberals and those protesting at the Capitol in Wisconsin.  A lot of the responses have to do with the success of this 'retaliation' for the infiltrations of both ACORN and Planned Parenthood recently.&n… Read full post »

As a student in the School of Social Work, I often find myself wondering what exactly I can change about the world we are all faced with living in.  Do I really want to be part of the change in the US?  I really want to simply cut and run, find… Read full post »

It is my second-to-last semester in the School of Social Work.  In my Grant Writing class this evening, my professor taught us where the biggest organizations are getting their money donated from, and what organizations are getting the largest amount of money donated.  The numbers were pres… Read full post »

Today I gave a presentation to potential volunteers at my internship placement where I work with refugees.  This presentation included a clip from the documentary, "Lost Boys of Sudan".  The movie focuses on the journey of a few young adult men from Sudan, who have lived for years in a refu… Read full post »

Today was the DFL Minnesota State Senate District Convention, and I attended as an elected  delegate for my senate district.  This year was the first time I had ever caucused in my district, and feeling uppity, I put my name in the hat to be a delegate to the convention.  Because… Read full post »

A few weeks ago, I took a road trip to see the Packers play at Lambeau Field.  It was my very first trip to see the mighty Pack, after being a fan all of my life.  On the way to the game, we stopped to get gas at a BP station… Read full post »

It has been officially 2 months since I've started graduate school.  So far, I've had to decrease the number of hours at the doggy daycare in order to accomodate for the massive quantities of readings assigned each week.  In addition, I've changed my internship schedule twice so far, and am… Read full post »

Seeing as this is my VERY FIRST blog posting on OpenSalon, it should probably serve as an introduction to my blog, and the various themes that I can foresee for future blog posts. 

I created this blog to serve as a journal for my life as a 24 year old… Read full post »