The Third Hemisphere

SoOo, since my last blog, I've completed a year at Oberlin College and made my way to London, England for the summer with Winant and Clayton. That's an exchange program for people to volunteer in social work. People from England go to New York, and people from the U.S. go to London. Hopefully the English folk are having as much time as we are here! The twelve of us are split up, though. I'm volunteering at Mosaic Clubhouse (http://www.mosaic-clubhouse.org/), a mental rehabilitation center where the staff and volunteers work alongside the members (there's no hierarchy) to build confidence, skills, and self-worth. I LOVE IT! I'm in the house and garden unit, repairing and planting and mowing and more. I've also added some Albanian, Italian, and Farsi words to my vocabulary since being in London. It's such a melting pot, and it's great to see such diversity. Anyways, I wanted to post a few more photos to get this going, but the comuter's being a bit fussy. I've been here for 6 weeks and only have about 3 more to go, but I'll see if I can't catch up a little bit soon.