Within the past few weeks, I had found out that my aunt lost her job. She had worked at a flower shop that was suddenly taken over by the IRS, leaving all of its workers unexpectedly out of work. Although my aunt will be okay financially in supporting her family, it is an entirely different [...]
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A glimpse of Camden, just a little closer to home.
Posted in Camden on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Thanksgiving to Remember
Posted in Camden, Uncategorized on November 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s funny how most of the freshmen at school were excited to head home this weekend. We were excited to get away from Eickhoff food, and to sleep in the comfort of our own beds. We were excited for the chance to see family members who we haven’t had a chance to talk to since [...]
Camden- Third Time’s the Charm
Posted in Camden on November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Going into Camden for my third time a few weeks ago I had the pleasure of making new friends. During a meeting in Camden I, along with three other classmates, got to talk about our personal history and the history of our country with three women blessed with mighty wisdom. Although we did not know [...]
All You Need is LOVE
Posted in Camden, Course readings on November 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m just taking a moment to think about everything I’ve learned in the past few months about social justice, and for some reason, that Beatles song lyric comes right to mind. I know I might be a little bit “stuck in the sixties” as some might say, but I really think that the Beatles summarized [...]
A proud grandma on Christmas
Posted in Camden on November 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This past Saturday, I had the privilege, and i use the word privilege strongly, to finally connect with members of the Camden community. When my fellow classmates and I first walked up to where our meeting was going to be held and were standing outside, the one resident who came to attend the meeting was [...]
Thanks for Giving
Posted in Camden on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While we approach the coldest time of the year, we are also moving into the season where people display a tendency to share their wealth with others. As we move into this part of the year, let’s not forget the people in Camden, that have become a part of our weekends, and even our lives.
It [...]
Amazing Grace
Posted in Camden on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Amazing Grace. That’s the song they sung. I wanted to cry. Here’s a group of people coming together because they can’t afford the essentials of life and before they take their share of free food offered to them because they cannot afford it any other way, they sing a song of hope and thankfulness. “Through [...]
Would I be one of the 28?
Posted in Camden on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After watching the documentary “The Camden 28″ I was conflicted with what my own actions would be. To give a little background on the movie, the Camden 28 were 28 regular people including two priests and one protestant minister who decided to stand against the Vietnam War. During the 1960’s, at the time when drafting [...]
A Blessing for Camden!!!
Posted in Camden on October 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I helped out at the thrift store in Camden yesterday with Professor Chazelle, Iris, and my boyfriend Fabio. When we first arrived there one of the workers in the thrift store (will go by thrift store worker) told us that it would be really crazy because a lot of the people coming in were there [...]
Prayer Shawl Meeting
Posted in Camden on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We sat at that small table, the woman from Camden, the two women from the church, our professor and the two of us. The yarn none of us really knew how to knit sat, forgotten, in the center of the table; the stories we shared completely absorbing our attention. We all had led such [...]
