Getting My Feet Wet

Today was a very good day! Amaris and I decided to take the metro today on our own. Thankfully the family that is hosting us stays literally less than half a block away from the station so we don't have to drive to our placements. We are grateful for the Afele Faamuli family for housing us, we feel right at home. We took the train to my placement National CAPACD (aka National Capacity) which is/near Dupont Circle. We were talking with Lisa Hasegawa, she's the ED of National CAPACD. She gave us the entire rundown of the organization. It was very interesting. She also gave us an important piece of information. She said that when she first started becoming an advocate in the political realm she discovered that there needs to be 2 parties involved. The people pushing the federal government to act, and people in the federal government acting. Without these 2 essential components you can't get much done, you need both sides of the equation you know - the problem and the solution. One is not more important than the other, both are essential. That is my most meaningful takeaway for the day.

DUPONT CIRCLE IS AWESOME!!! For more details on our day be on the lookout for the video should be posting it soon. Amaris is doing a sort of video log, can't wait to see it all come together.

In the mean time, enjoy our crazy picture.