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Pretending to Adult: Summer Internship Edition
I started my internship at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center this week! If you’ve never been there or don’t know what it is, the Freedom Center’s mission is to “reveal stories about freedom’s heroes, from the era of the Underground Railroad to contemporary times, challenging and inspiring everyone to take courageous steps for freedom today.” Opened in 2004 with…
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Charity and Health: This Week in the Trump Administration
After spending a semester in my nonprofits class learning all about charitable organizations’ tax codes, it was so great to read that Trump undid all of it this weekend with an executive order that now allows 501(c)(3)s to endorse political candidates. The Johnson Amendment was signed by President Johnson as a measure to further separate church and state by not…
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The Semester is OVER, People!
IT’S SUMMER! I finished up my exams on Tuesday with exhaustion and a need to sleep for the rest of the week. Except I came home and immediately started refurbishing an old dresser my grandma found on the side of a road and making a dress for my sister. Pictures of the dress are to come when I finish it,…