Hey everyone -
So I'm a miserable communicator apparanty because I suck at remembering to post. To justify it a little, I have been very busy. A couple of weeks ago, I took the LSATs, so leading up to that was a little scary/time consuming. Then, Aaron visited and it was so much fun! And that was only a week ago, so more recently I've just been trying to get myself organized again before all of the madness that was the LSAT. But yeah I just have been busy - community life is kind of difficult just because we've got a lot of responsibilities and are trying to hang out as much as possible. Luckily for me, I have a great 9 people to do that with, so it's not as much of a burden as the last sentence may have implied. Work is good, I am slowly getting into my role as intake specialist which is good. I also am taking on a couple of other smaller roles to help out my coworkers - for example, I am working with the students who finished the training and are on job search to fill out applications which is fun because it is one-on-one time rather than me speaking to a group! But I do enjoy speaking to big groups of adults too, and my favorite part of the week is surprisingly speaking with TANF recipients (temporary assistance for needy families) about our program. Another part that I am kind of adding to my job by my own initiative is outreach presentations to housing agencies and agencies that serve women in Denver, so I will begin doing that kind of stuff within the next month or so.
I kind of preferred this agency because it primarily serves women, but my supervisor has been making me realize that I also really enjoy adult education as well. I kind of connect my one-on-one job search assistance with my time as an ESL tutor at the Manchester Adult Learning Center, and that experience was one of my favorite throughout college! So I think maybe that is something I should keep in my head...maybe as a lawyer I can educate adults about their rights (immigration law? MALC had an immigration lawyer speak with them and it was really interesting). Maybe connecting Work Options for Women with reintegrative-type of service could be connected with defense and reintegration upon release...who knows really? All I know is that it is something I have been thinking about, and I will pay extra attention while my role develops even more at Work Options for Women.
I will try to post more frequently.
Peace,
Lianne
