As a social worker, you need to get used to the unbelievable becoming the routine and the wild becoming expected. It really is amazing how quickly you become numb, as a coping mechanism, to the horrible things being experienced in the community. It is why you see so many jaded souls in the field –…
Via Jen at Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/blu_pineappl3/14019379906 On November 14, 2022, I sped away from a harrowing situation at work: having a gun pulled on me during a home visit (for more background, see the prior post). The hours afterwards were both a daze and also life changing. Some of the rawest reflection I have ever done…
Having chosen to go to school without a clue what to do post-grad, I jumped at the chance to spend a year volunteering full-time, dually in the AmeriCorps and Jesuit Volunteer Corps. What started as a one year gap to broaden my horizons on the problems facing our communities turned into a four-year career filled…