This pilot episode explores what the show will be and what living out is. With the help of four brilliant and lovable Clinton School classmates, Gregg bounces ideas off of them for living out, becoming allies and what it means to use privilege for the marginalized. Gregg’s running this ship though so there is references to Designing Women and the movie Living Out Loud with some “flowery language.”
Last weekend the girls at the Clinton School of Public Service produced the Vagina Monologues. The men of the school wanted to show support while setting an example of how men can advocate for women’s rights and work towards stopping violence against women.
Last week there was an article by the Arkansas Times that discussed my class and all of our summer projects. It shared this map and just looking at it is pretty amazing. These people have become my family and to just get a glimpse of what they will accomplish is extraordinary.
Here is the link to the entire article. Arkansas Times
Here is a bit more on my project:
With the rise of refugees entering the city of Johannesburg from Zimbabwe over the last twelve years, Paballo ya Batho has had to spread already limited resources among a much larger group of homeless people. The increased demand for resources did not allow for any strategic thought on how to handle this rise of need. In 2006, with the help of local lawyers, Central Methodist Mission and Paballo ya Batho was able to stop the city of Johannesburg from moving poor people out of the inner city. The success of stopping this city decision is fantastic but there still needs to be systemic change in order to better meet the needs of the homeless population while empowering them to reclaim their position in the community. By conducting assets mapping, best practice work, and program capacity measurement, insight may help develop future project decisions thus meeting the needs of the homeless community.
Yesterday I found out that I had received one of the spots in the competitive program at the University of Arkansas-Little Rocks’ Clinton School of Public Service. To me, being a public servant is really the most direct way to create the largest, most positive change that I can in the short time that I am here on this planet. Going into this though, there are many ways people can look at public service and I am hoping that people would share their own thoughts or definitions of what public service means to them.
Public service is something we all do at one point or another and it can range from voting to running for a major political seat. It can be leading a 4-H club or administering a nonprofit that keeps a community clean and somewhere people really enjoy being apart of.
What does Public Service mean to you? Please leave your answer as a comment below.
I have been extremely obsessed with the Clinton School of Public Service through the University of Arkansas lately. I have been even more obsessive compulsive about their speaker series where they have all sorts of people from Madeline Albright to Jeff Passan from Yahoo! Sports come and speak about their passions.
The most recent speaker in this series was Academy Award-winner, Geena Davis. She gives a fantastic lecture on her life in the movies, the impact they have had on her and how she has become so passionate about gender equality because of them. She is also able to get her points across with genuine humor and her heart-felt disposition. I hope you enjoy this.
