Yesenia Rodriguez Blog #5 July 24th, 2022 - Systems of Care
Hello everyone, I made it to my last formal week with my EYA internship at the General Board of Church and Society. I still will be doing another week with my internship at Fundacion Escuela Nueva. I feel so thankful for having the opportunity to work with the people I have met either through GBCS or Fundacion. I have been able to connect with thoughtful, passionate, and faithful people. It feels amazing to meet other people who want to connect their professional work with their faith work and finally intertwine those two parts of my life. I also have loved meeting people who are passionate about education specifically and working to help better the lives of kids across Latin America. Now on to this week’s readings. We read Chapter 33, “In The Beginning There Was Care” from We Cry Justice. I loved this chapter because I have been saying to a lot of friends for a long time that we need to stop focusing on “self-care” so much and instead change our perspective to community car...
