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Voices of the Fellowship: Rural Philanthropy Days 2015
Rural Philanthropy Days provides a unique opportunity for statewide funders, government agencies, and local grant seekers to strengthen partnerships and discover ways to work together on rural projects that improve community life.
Voices of the Fellowship: Leading as a listener
Earlier this month I took a six day transformational leadership course in which I explored how I can make leadership my natural self-expression.
Never a Dry Day
Perhaps it was with foresight that Spencer Penrose installed secret doors behind the library’s north bookcases when he remodeled his new home in 1916.
Voices of the Fellowship: Ultimate Leadership
When I think of Ultimate Frisbee, I think of building community and leadership.
Sharpen Your Axe
One day, two lumberjacks decided to compete to see who could chop more lumber in 24 hours.
Bringing in the New Year in Africa
As an African-American woman, I always hoped to visit a continent with rich history and ties to my ancestry. Little did I know I would bring in the 2015 New Year on a plane heading to Uganda.
From the 400 Freestyle to the Fellowship
I was born with a benign tumor in my spinal cord, which caused enough nerve damage and weakness in my legs to make me eligible for the Paralympic sport system.
Our Piece of America’s Garden: Olmstead, sculpting the nation
Walk into the courtyard of El Pomar’s Penrose House on a summer day, and you see hummingbirds and sphinx moths hovering among roses and petunias, framed by trellises of silverlace.
ACYPL: Oceans Apart, and Yet We're the Same
At the height of the Roman Empire - when Istanbul was still Constantinople - a one-way trip between Rome and the Empire’s eastern capital spanned at least a month. Likely, the trip would have taken much longer.
Fellowship Reflection: From Cerebro-Spinal Fluid to Long-term Debt to Equity Ratios
On my first day at El Pomar Foundation, my first “real person” job post-graduation, I was asked a terrifying question, “What are you going to do after the Fellowship?” I was rather flabbergasted – I’d only just arrived, how did they already want me gone?