Class Reflection: "Feel Good" activism ≠ "Real Good" activism Feelings on this week's piece about celebrity activism: The topic of this class is something that I have many conversations about: The Western World is obsessed with My Week in a Nutshell: The past month and a half at work has been spent preparing for an event that happen this past Tuesday. We discussed the opioid crisis in Anne Arundel County. I am so honored to have had a chance to be a part of the process and to have gotten to see it all came together. If you are interested in hearing the radio broadcast, you can do so here. I have included some of the photos taken during the event below. I am now in the process of producing a radio emission about food gentrification in Washington DC, and assisting with the prep for 2 other upcoming events. I love my job! On Wednesday, the entire Global Scholars cohort was invited to an informational career type of event that Preston and Lily set up for us. We had a guest speaker from the Career center come, ate some really fantastic food, and got to learn about what makes a strong candidate for job and internship opportunities. Wyatt and I also got to find out how about Global Citizen Year (our Bridge Year Program) wants to partner with American University's SIS and even Global Scholars sometime in the future.
One of the main benefits of living in D.C. are all of the opportunities for growth, networking and education. On Friday and Saturday I attended the Puerto Rico Diaspora Washington D.C. Summit with Anneli. I will be writing a separate reflection blog post to discuss what I learned during the event, as I'm still working through my notes... so I will not delve too much into it here. I have just started the reading for class on Monday. Our keywords are National Interest and National Security. National/international defense has never been one of my strongest talking points, so I may need to do some supplemental research in order for me to add anything to the conversation. INVITATION TO EVERYONE: Every week the State Department puts on these called Foreign Policy Classrooms, which gives the "opportunity for students to attend a relevant foreign policy briefing with a Department official at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC." They are available to students and faculty. The next classroom briefing is on this Tuesday, 10/30 from 2-3pm. They will be having a discussion on International Religious Freedom with Ambassador at Large Sam Brownback. The following classroom is a briefing of Defense Agreements and Burden Sharing with the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (from 2.30-4pm on 11/7). I have attended two of them so far, but would love to extend an invitation to other GloSchos (including Preston and PTJ) who might want to attend. I suggest bookmarking this page to stay up to date as they add more classroom events: https://www.state.gov/r/pa/pl/c18671.htm
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