A little taste of academia
--> It’s been almost a year to the day since I published my most last post on this blog. Needless to say, we have a lot of catching up to do. Rather than trying to retell everything though, I am just going to pick up with where I am now. And, to continue in the spirit of change, I am going to use this space to process some lessons I have been learning instead of simply retelling all of my experiences in India. It’s late tonight. Actually, to be honest, it’s only 10:17pm, but after not enough sleep all week and an intellectually and socially demanding day, my body aches for rest. But I cannot sleep until I have recorded the events of this day in all their glory before they are faded by morning. Today I, almost by accident, went to a conference that was focused on how to respond to global humanitarian crises. It was on my campus, but those in attendance were not typical visitors to the school. There were key players in global organizations that have be