The Crown Royal Affair
In this published narrative nonfiction piece, I tell my 35-year-long relationship with Jason, then an 8-year old Black boy who was my “little” in the Big Brothers Little Brothers of Peoria program.
International
Projects
2006-12: Yonn Ede Lot
Lamontay, Haiti
Engagement with Americans to see, participate, engage with Hatitians in a respectful, positive interraction, providing agency to all involved in the areas of agriculture, education, manufacturing, public health and _______.
2008: Alternative High School
Elkhorn, Wis.
Worked with kids, primarily white and Spanish-speakers, who are marginalized within the school system.
2009/10/11: Lakeland School
Elkhorn, Wis. ,
K-12 magnet school for students with cognitive differences.
2013: Eastern Europe: Search for the
2015 Give & Take: Doing Our Damnedest NOT to be Another Charity in Haiti2015 Book published
2017 Greece Project — volunteered with
Made efforts to wok individually with in language, health, etc.
Engineers without Borders
-2019 Guatemalan Engineering Project
-2019 University of ______, Ghana
guatemalan — wrote docmentations through individual and group engagments, to bring readers in contactt with loacals in ways that did not
2021 Jason released????? — ARTICLE
2026 Sud Est
Safe Water Network Partners with EWB-USA on Water Project in Ghana | Safe Water Network
The following content was contributed by J.O. Haselhoef on behalf of Engineers Without Borders-USA.
Linda Avadza walked the 500 yards with her baby still wrapped to her back to the water stand in her Labolabo, Ghana, neighborhood. She balanced an empty plastic bucket on her head, stepped onto the clean concrete pad, and affixed a round tag to the stand’s exterior. Within a moment, water gushed out of the overhead tap directly into her bucket. She stood there for just over a minute and knew from
Linda Avadza walked the 500 yards with her baby still wrapped to her back to the water stand in her Labolabo, Ghana, neighborhood. She balanced an empty plastic bucket on her head, stepped onto the clean concrete pad, and affixed a round tag to the stand’s exterior. Within a moment, water gushed out of the overhead tap directly into her bucket. She stood there for just over a minute and knew from
Strengthening STEM in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghanaian Student Engineers Participate in Unique Gender Equality Program
This International Women’s Day, Engineers Without Borders USA is celebrating a unique program designed to further gender equity in engineering. SEESA (Strengthening Engineering Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa) is a partnership between EWB-USA, Safe Water Network (SWN), Feminist Data Research (FDR), Inc., Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and AECOM. Providing student teams the opportunity to work with local industry professionals to develop and implement research and de
Not One Fit My Image
Lying in Bed
Nowadays, chaos appears to reign: Is it my age, the fast-moving technology, an irreverent president, climate change, new communication styles, or....? Perhaps my confusion requires a new strategy. It may be I need a more seductive, artful approach. Something more trusting? More personal? Quieter, but stronger?
The Bridge that Challenged Volcano Fuego
Volcano Fuego’s strength was apparent. Tons of grey ash was deposited in the Cenizas River bed during its eruption. Amid that desolation, a bridge stood painted Rotary Yellow with a thousand handprints in Rotary Blue.
GIVE & TAKE: Doing Our Damnedest NOT to be Another Charity in Haiti
I briefly smiled at the flight attendant before a woman with three hats stacked on her head edged between us. The brims blocked his official welcome as she shoved aside a plastic-bagged set of linens in the overhead compartment, removed all three hats, and gently placed them in her newly claimed space.