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On Belonging by Amber Peretz
Tomorrow will be my 29th birthday. September 14th. This time last year I was moving out of my apartment in St. Petersburg, Florida and preparing to move to Mon…
Sacrifice and Service by Nathan Switchenko
AmeriCorps VISTA member Nathan Switchenko “What’s it going to be then, eh?” was a question I often asked myself after I graduated college-though I had a rather…
Do Good, Try Your Best by Emily McMath
Emily, our 2021-2022 AmeriCorps Senior Leader, served two terms with Montana Campus Compact Excitement, learning, hesitation, perseverance, grief, burnout, grow…
Witnessing Inspiration Bloom By Jonathan Carter
Jonathan is an AmeriCorps Leader serving at spectrUM Discovery Area at the Missoula Public Library As I enter the penultimate month of my service year, I would…
Investing in a More Hopeful Future by Noah Aukerman
Noah serves with Montana Technological University in Helena at Capital High School “My parents kept me out of school today because of shooting and bomb threats,…
Service With Snqweyłmistn By Emma Myers
After having completed my first service year at a family shelter, I knew I wanted to continue serving parents and children. That left a lot of room for me to ex…
The Meaning of Success by Cindy Morales
Cindy is an AmeriCorps Leader serving at Poplar High School Every community is different. Oftentimes people are measured by a standard level used for all, that…
Remember Our Past…Build Our Future by Donna Stuccio
Donna is an AmeriCorps Leader serving at Blackfeet Community College. Five months have passed since my previous blog. I couldn’t remember so I had to look throu…
Perspective By Alyx Chandler
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with labeling everything as either right or wrong, truth or lies, and had a hard time understanding what was between those two,…
The “Else” Word by David Mariani
David is an AmeriCorps Leader serving at Great Falls College Some questions in life are better left unasked. “Where are you from?” makes me bristle with its (ho…