Last night, I sat as the Student Rep. on the Board of Education for the lat of their September meetings. Now, I’ve been to board meeting before, having covered them for my school’s media, and most of the time they are mundane and uneventful. While the big decisions on a national or state level typically are dramatic, the big decisions on a local level are usually quite boring. This was not the case last night. (...)
Recently, I was having a bough of wanderlust and registered for my passport. Naturally, I had to go to the post office to do so – while there, I saw a notice about post being sent to Canada. The flier said that the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) was on a strike and that mail was not (...)
Congrats to the world’s newest country! This past Saturday, July 9, 2011, South Sudan officially put its own marker on the map. In an attempt to learn more about this new nation, I came across an informative and revealing documentary. This documentary, “A Considerable Difference: Women and (...)
Amy Throndsen, Chair of the 2010 U.S. Public Service Academy's National Youth Conference, explains how young leaders from around the country are helping make the organization's vision for a national public service academy a reality. (...)
Melissa Holmes, a Graduate Student at the Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, shares small acts Millennials can do to help acheive the UN Millennium Development Goals. (...)
Dennis Robinson, a student Veteran and Beyond the Welcome Home Summit participant, asks his fellow Millennial Veterans to reexamine how they honor Pat Tillman's legacy and for us all to redefine what it means to serve. (...)