Out of the desire to pay a little more attention to the smaller details of my life (and to post more often) , today begins a week-long series I will call, What I Did All Day. (Please forgive the constant change in verb tense throughout this post. I am too tired to make it all …
Tag: Saving the World
Infections and Inequalities (cont’d)
In follow-up to my earlier post about a needle exchange program in Washington, D.C. called Prevention Works, here’s what Kristen has to say about the reaction they’ve received to that front page article: “The article attracted a lot of attention and as of Friday we had gotten over $4,300 in donations as a response to …
Sierra Leonean Chronicles
I took my cue from Ali for my Sunday Scribbling post this week by deciding to look back at one of the only prolific journals I’ve kept in my life — the three months I was living and working in a small, remote town in Sierra Leone. It was in between my first and second …
MLK, Jr.
Last Tuesday, I wasted about 20 minutes of my time listening to this speech. But it’s always worth taking time out of your day to listen to this one given by Martin Luther King on August 28, 1963. Or his “Beyond Vietnam” speech at Riverside Church in New York City on April 4, 1967 (excerpted …