On the third day of cyzygy, I listened to many speeches, heard Bill Clinton speak, visited Central High School--of Little Rock Nine fame--and--what I will highlight--participated in cyzygy's annual National Policy Forum. The National Policy Forum brought together individuals from various AmeriCorps programs, City Year, and the National…
On the second day, I participated in an exceptionally inspiring forum that helped me regain my faith in the City Year network while continuing to realize the lack of idealism at CYCO. The forum I attended was a roundtable of all the Clinton Innovation Award winners from this past year.…
Last weekend, my iBook's hard drive died for the third time in as many years. Luckily I have a few months of AppleCare left, so it is being fixed for free, but I probably won't see it for a while. Just so that everything I own…
As I noted earlier, one of my friends from the camp I worked at for four summers passed away last Friday. Mason and I went to his calling hours on Tuesday. It was hard. It was in the same funeral home with the same family lined-up that his father had…
A week ago, our bus returned to Columbus after spending a week with our 48 Corps Members in Little Rock, Arkansas. It was an inspiring, challenging, and bitter week. It allowed me to be enlightened by interacting with other sites around the network while becoming severely discouraged by the realization…
I found out this weekend that one of the friends from the camp I worked at passed away. His calling hours are tomorrow. Mason and I are driving 6 total hours to attend the event and support his brother and family. From what I've heard, he wasn'…
Wednesday evening, I spent two hours watching and discussing a film about the school funding problem in Ohio. It was the last of our "3D After Dark" sessions that City Year holds monthly to offer a chance at further leadership and civic development beyond what the City Year…
I spent today in the courtyard of a local suburban elementary school. We worked tirelessly to reclaim the space for the school from creeping vines and dense soil. When all was said and done, our six Corps Members and 120 elementary students made a visible and lasting impact on the…