The struggle to be real For the past 5 year’s I have been working within a corporate structure that makes it difficult to really be myself. Ironically, I was hired on the strength of my educational qualifications and experience, but once I got inside the fence it felt as if this was valued for status […]

This is an attractive ideal and it has arisen a number of times throughout the course. I have loved hearing stories of guest speakers who are out there doing it. For example, Martin spoke of the work he has done to ensure that banks do not penalise customers for being poor. Still, I find my […]

This is the activity I completed in our Week 3 class:  Which people and experiences in your early life had the greatest impact on you? Growing up as the second youngest child in a family of 10. My mother’s ethic of care and social responsibility. My parent’s activism in the struggle to support Farm Workers’ […]

September 8th, Day 1 of the course. The usual administrative start, admin and introductions. I introduced myself to the group by giving a little bit of information about myself. I was not surprised to find the old anxieties rising at the prospect of introducing myself to a new group of people. I had done the […]