I'm still in St. Louis but felt it my duty to write before I change cities for the 3rd time in three months. I figure this post will be my link to the past (in the writing sense), as I imagine that NYC and City Year (CYNY) will bring a new perspective on life to me. Look on here often, if you're curious about my life in the Big Apple.
I have already made some connections with corps members in CYNY, and it's settling to know that all of these people strive to do the same work as I do. I am really eager to meet all the people in person that I have been talking to through email. It is also exciting that I will be in the same city as my best friend, Lara. For those of you who don't know our history, we met at Interlochen Arts Camp the summer after our 8th grade year. Ever since, we have been pen pals and have visited each other, but we have always been on opposite sides of the country. She'll be going to grad school at Mannes.

I will be getting a one way ticket to the city at the end of July to meet with a future roommate/CYNY corps member in order to apartment hunt. Hopefully, we'll find a place, so that I can move in around August 1st.

I watched a documentary last night with my mom and Pete on Howard Zinn. His words and inspiration to others caught my attention and seemed to parallel to the work I will be doing with City Year. He beautifully elocuted: "And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."

I hope to help and inspire many to make a change in the world because I believe that helping others and the community spreads like fire, but instead of destroying, it creates something beautiful.

.S.