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When I was a kid I loved to read so much that my mom would ground me from reading the way other parents would ground their kids from TV. I had to have a book EVERYWHERE I went, even the supermarket. This reading addiction, while not always beneficial to social interaction, was beneficial for my… Read more »
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Samantha and Roxy had been the best of friends since Roxy was little. Everywhere Samantha went, Roxy went. Everything Samantha did, Roxy did. Samantha would confide in Roxy, cuddle with Roxy, and enjoy comfort and support from Roxy. Roxy was Samantha’s 70lb black lab whom she had raised since she was a puppy. Roxy was… Read more »
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Last night, while I was hanging out with some friends, one of them asked me if I had ever heard the electronic dance music (EDM) group called “A Tribe Called Red.” “A tribe called what?” I asked. My friend shook his head and put on this song. The first thing that ran through my mind was,… Read more »
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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 »