Hey Liv,

I was going to give similar feedback about your Mind Map, (which by the way seems like a very cool way to “see” you thinking) as Kate did. Speaking to State Legislators sounds like a very important […]

Liv,

The folks you interviewed are certainly in agreement with you on this topic, so I imagine they validated your ideas, but I am also wondering about this part of your thinking:

“How did these […]

Thanks for all your deep thinking on what I would agree is a very important topic, regardless of your gender. It is also one that has for decades divided our country, and our two major political parties. A […]

Hi Liv! I was a mentor last year, and although I couldn’t make the time for that role this year, I am delighted to be a blog reader, and hear about your initial ideas for What’s the Story. You could not be more […]

Thank you for your thoughtful and well crafted journal entry– I am grateful to be working with you, and your team; combined I truly believe you will have an impact on your community.

I really appreciated how […]

Great reflection Rachael. You made some strong connections (as Alex did) about curiosity. I do believe that if you work from that place, you will be propelled to investigate every area of this important topic. […]

Thanks for writing so thoughtfully Alex. I would agree with your sense of the group. You four formed great bonds; the respect and rapport was obvious when I first came on as your mentor. I am thrilled to be a part […]

You are right. This is square one. A very new idea. One that you are mulling over deeply, for sure, but it does not line up with the amount of thinking your peers have given to ideas they have been developing for […]

I have really enjoyed this topic from the get-go. The whole notion that food should be a given right rather than a privilege. But something you wrote early on keeps nagging me:

“My dad owns an apple orchard, […]

I really love this assignment– and that you went for the asparagus in a BIG WAy! Fabulous. But more than that, I love your interest in Food Justice. I can’t imagine a more basic need, or right, and yet, I hear so […]

Love all the continued thinking you are doing within this graphic. I really didn’t want to respond with words, but with flags; so I googled images of the rainbow flag, the Black Lives Matter flag, a photo […]

I really appreciated your guiding questions:
“Are food shelves only an immediate answer for a hungry person, or are they a sustainable resource to create food justice? In other words, are they a BandAid or are […]

Great to have a glimpse into you thinking in this post Caroline. I can see that you care deeply, and that you are weighing in on several key ideas, which are seemingly equally important issues that all require […]

Katherine,

Don’t you love air travel? I often have a pile of paper to read or an article earmarked, but watching the earth get smaller, while the clouds thicken, just grabs my imagination, and floating in my […]

Caroline,

First of all, wow! You wrote this blog entry like a novel I could not put down; one that was so engrossing that I stayed on the bus too long and missed my stop, metaphorically speaking that is. I […]

I so love all your energy, your passion, and your experience. Having a returning veteran is invaluable, so I’m delighted they allow students to do this again. But I also appreciate how you are ready for more, […]

First of all, congrats on winning Well Dressed; now that is a title I hope to receive myself someday!

But more importantly, thanks for caring enough to be part of this group. With the passion I hear in your […]

I really appreciate that you are here to burst your bubble. At least it seems to be the metaphor your were headed for. I would agree that we all spend time floating about, hoping not to bump into anything too […]

I really appreciate that you are here because of empathy. Seriously I can’t think of a better reason. The world needs educated, thinking, and feeling individuals, and listening to stories just might be an […]

I really appreciate that you are here because of empathy. Seriously I can’t think of a better reason. The world needs educated, thinking, and feeling individuals, and listening to stories just might be an […]