Verde Smoke

[Week 3 03/05/08]: He hesitated, then asked me why I was there. After thirty straight minutes of almost continuous talking about himself, in my last one-on-one of the day, this 22 year old lifelong Lawrence resident, father, and would be jack-of-all-trades, looked straight in my eyes and turned the tables on me completely.

[Week 2 02/27/08] People have asked me why I care so much and why I volunteer to lead so often.

[WARNING: Yes, I’m journaling for a class again. I’m not sure if these self reflective experiences find me or I find them. Nevertheless, I’m writing weekly reflection papers about a hands-on project I’m doing as part of Marshall Ganz’s “Organizing: People, Power and Change” class at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.