Leaving in 2 Days!
Today is Thursday. In 2 days, I’ll be returning to Liberia to start the Liberian Prison Project, an alternative to incarceration program i’m implementing with Youth Crime Watch of Liberia. The last...
View ArticleSafe and Sound (and lots of Hip Co)
Safe and sound in Liberia! Been here 4 days and it feels like I never left. I arrived Sunday and, after nearly 24 hours of traveling, came straight to Carey Street for the Liberian Secular Musicians’...
View ArticleBreaking and Entering (but not Stealing)
A couple days after I arrived in Liberia, I came home to find the lock to our gate open. Strange. My first worry was that they’d taken the grant money, and my computer. But my computer was still on...
View ArticleTrusting My Intuition
Things with the project had sort of stalled lately, and when i really think about why that was the case, i know it’s because i wasn’t feeling right about one of the partnerships. I believe in...
View ArticleSix Months is Really Nothing
Thursday, I visited Ropertsport Central Prison, almost by accident. I was in town with Takun J, Santos, and Rise Baby- Liberian musicians- and we were hanging posters for a show there this weekend....
View ArticleTraining the Trainers, and Next Steps
On February 4, we (finally) held our first train-the-trainers workshop for the LPP at Youth Crime Watch of Liberia’s new youth center. 15 young people from different areas and backgrounds were present....
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