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I was immediately drawn to Molly. She was quiet, painfully shy, and very hesitant. It’s not often that people like her stick out in a crowd, especially in a lunch room filled with middle school students. I noticed her before she even started attending our GUTS! group when I first visited the lunch room at C.S. Porter Middle School to recruit girls… Read more »
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This blog post was really hard to write. And when I say hard, I mean it’s 3 a.m. and I’m rewriting this for the fourth time because I still can’t get it right. In this post, I wanted to talk about something that’s been bothering me since I started my job as a racial justice… Read more »
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According to an article in “Uncover Missoula, “a publication of the Missoulian newspaper the city’s history began in 1860 with a settlement known as Hell Gate. The standard article included in the past two editions failed to recognize important events relating to American Indians and their deep historical connection to Missoula. According to the Flathead… Read more »
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“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” These words spoken by Maya Angelou, clearly align with the work of an advocate, as advocates help survivors validate their feelings, discover their strengths, learn to choose for themselves, and… Read more »
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As AmeriCorps VISTAs (Volunteers in Service to America), we are expected to participate in any and all National Service Days to help give back to the community directly – Sept. 11 being one of them. The purpose of 9/11 Day of Service is to honor the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks in America through a… Read more »
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Hey there! My name is Miranda, and I am the new AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) in the Transitional Housing Program at YWCA Missoula. I am originally from Napa, Calif., but I moved up to Missoula for my undergraduate studies in Psychology and Communications. I started out volunteering at the front desk about two years… Read more »
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On the very first day of one of my high school art classes, my Theory of Aesthetics teacher sat us down and asked us a question: “What is art?” Surely this was a rhetorical question – this was an art class after all, and he, the teacher, was supposed to answer that question for us. But… Read more »
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While some of us at Planet Kids were working on Sunday morning of Aug. 11, 2013, providing supervised visitation; there was a horrible tragedy happening in a place providing the very same services in Manchester, N.H. Please keep all of the children and parents that are victims of domestic violence in your thoughts. Help to cure the cycle of… Read more »
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The Broadway location of Secret Seconds is reopening on Wednesday, Aug. 13. The new store looks great, and we are so excited! We are now accepting donations, and we even have room for gently used furniture with all of the additional space. Take a look at how it’s coming along, and come see… Read more »
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In legal cases of defamation, there is a certain standard that is applied to people in the public eye. In order for a celebrity to prove that she has been defamed, she must prove that there was something called “actual malice.” This means the celebrity has to prove the person defaming her spread lies on… Read more »