'A' is for Action

Hello! And welcome back to school, work, (or if you're like me and fought unsuccessfully with a cold all weekend) the land of the living and, of course, to It's All Good!

If you're new here -- of if you had a particularly rough ringing-in of '08 and forgot what we're all about -- It's All Good is a place to talk nonprofit stuff, real-world life stuff and, I admit it, some other not-quite-so-related stuff.

You might be thinking, Who is this Kate character? Is she even qualified to write about all this? The simple answer is...NO! Not at all. I by no means have it all figured out. But I do have one qualification that I believe to be pretty darn important: I'm in it right now.

I graduated in May 2007 with a bachelor's degree in journalism that I will likely never use, at least not in that form. After the ever-miserable job search, here I am in Minneapolis, serving a year term in AmeriCorps VISTA at a nonprofit community health organization that works with refugees and immigrants in Minnesota and with communities in East Africa. My brain and I are battling out the what-to-do-next-year thing, but going to grad school for a master's in public health is up there in the running (more about this in future posts, I'm sure).

Have I convinced you yet? That I'm qualified to do this? Yeah, didn't think so. But, hey, if nothing else, live vicariously through me: Let me make the mistakes so you can learn from them -- and avoid making them yourself. Not a bad deal, huh?

Oh, and in an attempt to further prove my wisdom and worth, I promise to get some good stuff up here on It's All Good. The True Test. Please, let me know what you think about it, and what else you think we should be talking about. I love comments, so leave 'em like crazy!