December 13, 2007
Tomorrow is my last day interning with the Global AIDS Alliance, so I thought I might take a minute (or two or three) and look back on my semester here ...
Or maybe not. This is a lot harder than it looks. I've been in DC, away from Small-College-Town, Kentucky, for 15 weeks. I've learned a lot, met so many amazing people, and grown and changed so much, but I can't think of a single thing to say. Actually I can think of a million, but they're all sappy and sentimental and not what you, the loyal reader, expects from a blog on a global AIDS advocacy website.
I think what I want to say is this: I hope my time here at GAA has made a difference. I hope that by writing this blog and attempting to build a grassroots network in Michigan and getting arrested, I have raised a little bit of awareness in someone else and maybe convinced them to get involved. I hope that I can take all the things I've learned here and bring them back to Small-College-Town and continue to make a difference.
I have so many new ambitions because of my time here, and I hope that I can make them all happen. I hope that the next intern learns just as much as I have (and more), and feels the same excitement about coming to work every day that I did. I hope that by the time I return to DC, there won't be a need for an organization like GAA, because that would mean that problems like the lack of access to lifesaving treatment and care had been solved. On the other hand, I hope that organizations like GAA will always be here, because I'm going to need a job with a real paycheck someday!
Have a fabulous holiday and an even better New Year!
Katie
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Or maybe not. This is a lot harder than it looks. I've been in DC, away from Small-College-Town, Kentucky, for 15 weeks. I've learned a lot, met so many amazing people, and grown and changed so much, but I can't think of a single thing to say. Actually I can think of a million, but they're all sappy and sentimental and not what you, the loyal reader, expects from a blog on a global AIDS advocacy website.
I think what I want to say is this: I hope my time here at GAA has made a difference. I hope that by writing this blog and attempting to build a grassroots network in Michigan and getting arrested, I have raised a little bit of awareness in someone else and maybe convinced them to get involved. I hope that I can take all the things I've learned here and bring them back to Small-College-Town and continue to make a difference.
I have so many new ambitions because of my time here, and I hope that I can make them all happen. I hope that the next intern learns just as much as I have (and more), and feels the same excitement about coming to work every day that I did. I hope that by the time I return to DC, there won't be a need for an organization like GAA, because that would mean that problems like the lack of access to lifesaving treatment and care had been solved. On the other hand, I hope that organizations like GAA will always be here, because I'm going to need a job with a real paycheck someday!
Have a fabulous holiday and an even better New Year!
Katie