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mellowtigger) wrote2022-06-28 11:06 am
mellowtigger) wrote2022-06-28 11:06 am
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Good News: my former employers
The Nature Conservancy had a booth at Twin Cities Pride last weekend. It's a natural convergence of values, since diversity is essential in healthy ecosystems. I stopped working there earlier this month, but I helped at the booth as a volunteer. I took the Saturday morning shift, since there would be fewer people. Sadly, though, very few visitors wore masks like I did for this event. I heard afterward that it was a success. We signed up almost a 1/4-thousand people to receive legislative alerts, so we can get some community help to convince legislators when it's time to prioritize a bill under consideration to protect water, land, and biodiversity in Minnesota.
Conveniently, ducks decided to rest directly behind our booth. Occasionally, we also had geese and pigeons join them. Strangely, we were located between two religious organizations. One I'd never heard of, the Disciples of Christ ("a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world"), but the other I've known about for decades, Dignity ("Celebrating the wholeness and holiness of LGBTQI Catholics").
There was no violence at Pride itself, but there was a mass shooting nearby at night. No mention in reports I've seen of a machine gun.
Animal Humane Society, another former employer of mine, received a record $6 million donation as an estate bequest. They are using it to build a new facility in St. Paul. The old one in that city definitely needs replacement. I think it was the oldest and smallest of all of them here in the Twin Cities. It's also where I encountered Hope. She is now my 12-year-old cat, after I first fostered her until she was large enough for spay surgery.
I don't get rich working for non-profits, especially at part-time jobs. I do, however, feel pretty good about half my life spent at non-profits and a government agency. I was pleased with the efforts pursued at each place, and I'm glad to exchange a portion of my life to advance their work in this world.
Conveniently, ducks decided to rest directly behind our booth. Occasionally, we also had geese and pigeons join them. Strangely, we were located between two religious organizations. One I'd never heard of, the Disciples of Christ ("a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world"), but the other I've known about for decades, Dignity ("Celebrating the wholeness and holiness of LGBTQI Catholics").
There was no violence at Pride itself, but there was a mass shooting nearby at night. No mention in reports I've seen of a machine gun.
Animal Humane Society, another former employer of mine, received a record $6 million donation as an estate bequest. They are using it to build a new facility in St. Paul. The old one in that city definitely needs replacement. I think it was the oldest and smallest of all of them here in the Twin Cities. It's also where I encountered Hope. She is now my 12-year-old cat, after I first fostered her until she was large enough for spay surgery.
I don't get rich working for non-profits, especially at part-time jobs. I do, however, feel pretty good about half my life spent at non-profits and a government agency. I was pleased with the efforts pursued at each place, and I'm glad to exchange a portion of my life to advance their work in this world.