Author Archives: isataylor

I know the 10-week Fellowship Program ended just a little over a week ago, but to me it feels so long ago. I left the closing luncheon early to immediately drive to State College, PA in order to start graduate … Continue reading →

… And I have just about put in a 12 hour work day. Oh, and it’s my birthday! This past week has been crazy busy; I totaled my car, had my school laptop sent in for repairs and come back … Continue reading →

This work week has gone by so fast at ETSS. Youth Summit is a week away, and being the main organizer of an event for 500 children, still helping to coordinate aspects of the Summer Enrichment Camp, and managing a … Continue reading →

Despite the ups and downs inherent in office culture, I have legitimately enjoyed working at Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services (ETSS). I am greeted by hugs almost every day. My coworkers are always generous in sharing their cultures with me. (Today, … Continue reading →

…her name is Corn Hole Carol. On Friday, I spent the day as a chaperone for ETSS summer camp sites that went to play at Bicentennial Park and the Columbus Commons. At Bicentennial Park, the group of students I was … Continue reading →

In celebration of what would have been Ingmar Bergman’s 100th birthday, my old film professor and I went to watch Wild Strawberries (1957) at the Wexner Center for the Arts. The film itself is about an old man named Isak … Continue reading →

Budgets and money are always somewhere on my mind with my work at Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services (ETSS). Do we have enough money for this? Who has donated for what? Did you get that purchase approved before you bought that? … Continue reading →

Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services’s summer programming started before any of us at ETSS felt truly prepared for it, and I think we are collectively starting to understand what needs to be accomplished each week and how to better organize ourselves … Continue reading →

Note: I began this post on Friday, but I only just now got around to finishing and posting it. This has been a challenging week for me. The Summer Enrichment Camp began this week, and with it came a flood … Continue reading →

Meeting my fellow Summer Fellows on Monday was an intimidating experience for me. I felt as if everyone lived lives as if they are the most interesting persons in the world and that icebreaker activities turned into a space for … Continue reading →