Nairobi For hours in the morning, Sammy Ndirangu and David Musungu, ACORN Kenya’s organizers in Nairobi working in two villages in the Korogocho slum discussed their work and the issues that members were identifying around health care, education, and housing. In the afternoon we were joined by the chair of one of the groups, the …
Category: International
Karen, Kenya Stalemate & Nairobi Return
Nairobi Flying to Nairobi takes forever. Seems to be no way around that fact, and despite email, Skype, digital pictures, and ubiquitous cell phones, anything nearly 5000 miles away is hard to hold firm in the hands. The work is slippery, no matter how hard applied, and there’s still nothing better than going out and …
Who Dat, My Way, and John Denver
New Orleans The first year of the Saints I was on one of my listless tours of college life. I was on a streak with a couple of buddies in which the daily highlights were playing pool and watching the 8 PM movie of the night, and of course arguing about the Vietnam War. Rooting …