Recent college grad trying to make a career out of doing good in a smart way. Figuring out how to live life well, appreciate beauty and love the community I am in.
All I think about right now when I want a happy visual is the impending road trip to Portland, OR. Through desert towns and through Kerouac’s stomping grounds of NorCal.
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
(via lostinamerica)
You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way ever again.
(via thatkindofwoman)
YES.
non-profit needs to negotiate like a for-profit.
For-profit needs to care like a non-profit.
This quote from filmmaker, Michael Moore has me solemn this morning.
Having spent much time in the Aurora/Denver/Littleton area over the years, I am too sad about this most recent tragedy to comment at the moment, other than to say this:
I fear anthropologists and historians will look back on us and simply say we were a violent nation, at home and abroad, but in due time human decency won out and the violence ceased, but not before many, many more died and the world had had its fill of us.
Thoughts, prayers, and whatever comfort can be found for the victims and their families…
Reminds me of a friend from Australia I met in France. She told me the story of how her country limited laws on gun carrying to only peacekeeping officials, military officials and farmers after a massacre occurred in a large city on civilians by a fellow Australian.
She said she would think the same law would be initiated by our country after so many similar events have occurred in our nation’s history. Instead, she was surprised to find the reverse was true.
I adhere to neither side of the debate on gun laws. But it does make me troubled to see another horrific event like this acted out by an American on American soil. Colorado has had enough loss to last them decades.
My prayers are with the families of the victims and the family of the suspect.
I am already against the next war.
Just a short train ride north from Portland. Excited for the connections and experience to come!
“Seattle is interesting; it’s the number one most charitable city in the nation—meaning that largest number of people who donate money—and it has lots of new tech companies alongside established ones like Microsoft, Amazon and Boeing,”
What I take from this:
Date a girl who doesn’t read. Find her in the weary squalor of a Midwestern bar. Find her in the smoke, drunken sweat, and varicolored light of an upscale nightclub. Wherever you find her, find her smiling. Make sure that it lingers when the people that are talking to her look away. Engage her…
I’m likin’ these stats…
“…nonprofit employment has grown at a rate of 1.9% per year while for-profit jobs declined 3.7%”
Ribbon cutting ceremony at the 28th barrier free playground @beanangelfund has helped build. Giving kids of all abilities a chance to have a recess. (Taken with Instagram at Whispering Pines Elememtary)
PORTLAND — I help lead one of America’s cities – Portland, Oregon. It is known for being a well-planned city. It’s not. At least, not as well as we want it to be. And not as well-planned as every American city must be.
When I talk about planning, I’m not just referencing plotting spots on a map where new bikeways will run, or where new business districts will pop up. Instead, I’m talking about how to understand the specific and real human challenges we face, and then how to establish priorities that are shared by community members and government. This is what creates a real playbook to guide future decisions.
Excited to learn what city planning truly means from this guy. #PDX
(via secretrepublic)
