Hurricane Worker's Reunion

This evening I worked and attended an event on campus that was basically a bunch of people that live in the twin cities and surrounding areas who have gone down to New Orleans since the hurricane and helped. They brought in a pastor from First Street in N.O. and a woman who works at the church, there was also a movie that was a documentary type film that talked a lot about what type of work was being done in N.O. and what needed to be done and what people were doing. It was really encouraging to see so many people there and to see that there is so much being done and that that many people are dedicated to helping our fellow citizens.

On a different note tomorrow I will be attending the pre-conference part of HU-CORE (Hamline University - Conference on Race and Ethnicity). I am very excited about this conference because I think it will give me an opportunity to stretch my beliefs and to cement what I really believe and feel. I will be sure to write about it soon.

Good Morning

It has been a while so here is what I'm up to. Classes are still going and they continue to get more difficult. The first time serving dinner at the Simpson Men's Shelter this fall went wonderfully, however, there were only 3 of us serving. This Wednesday is the second time we're going over there and we will have possibly as many as 15 of us. One of the Freshman classes is going as a class trip, myself and a few of the MPIRG members who are a part of the homelessness and affordable housing task force with me are going as well. I have decided to plan a 3 or 4 day homelessness emersion either during J-term or right between the two terms. I'm thinking probably during J-term. I think it will really be an eye opening experience and one I will take with me for a very long time. I have begun to debate what activities I will do for the summer. I would like to travel because I love traveling, but I probably should do some significant research so I can put together a senior honors thesis and it looks better for med school.