TIME: fly fly fly away!
Damn i can't believe its already the end of June! So much has happened since the last entry and if i try to write it all out it would take forever..but i do have a photographic memory..i'll remember..
PEP week 1: Bagsak to the past present and future: final show with like 60 students and 25 teachers! it was amazing to see that..PEP has come a long way!
PEP week 2: 5th year anniversary: the FCC was filled with PEP grads, old teachers, possible teachers, community supporters..it was amazing to see how much support and love we had..
PEP week 3:Final days of PEP 05-06 class- i really really miss our students! we had our last PEP meeting with 05-06 PEP teachers, we celebrated Sista Arlene R. on her journey to the bEast Coast..that was one funky ass night! beautiful women at the dinner table having mojitos and breaking the bread we never got! ;) and really had a moment of being honest and real with each other..i realized that the women around me had my back the whole year for reals..and that i never sat down with them at the same time like that..but individually we connected on a work level of course, but also on a human level..all have seen me at my lowest points of my life and highest this year..funny though..2 of them i've only known since last summer..and i have more time to build with them this year..we then headed to poleng lounge to introduce lex and arlene to native elements and the way i roll at the club..that shit was fun! pep folks rolled from past and present, shared way too many drinks and homegurl erica shared her you know what...everyone was dancin..it was FRESH! folks who had their gaurd up all year let it all out that night..and we shared drunkin honesty with each other..lovely!
I'll miss some of my brothas and sistas who are moving on..
PEP week 4: interviews BACK TO BACK for 06-07..met hella new people through that and bonded with the returning PEP folks..i can't wait for the upcoming school year! Friday we had our first PEP orientation and brought some old skool PEP family members to speak on a panel, they met 22 new members of the PEP family! we now have an official 1 month break before Tibak Training and retreat!* one of Rods youth from Riverside-- will be starting the MA program in Asian Am-will be a PEP teacher in the Fall and will be living down the street with homegurl from the valley!* its been inspiring this past month for sure!
on top of that: Work with FADF, FCC, AYPS-- and of course WEDDING PLANNING! shits been crazy..rod will officially transition into FCC as a Full Time employee piloting the AYPS program in the Excelsior and SoMa in August, I will transition as PEP's associate director and work part time at FCC starting July 1--funny how we always end up at the same place together..and in 2 months OUR WEDDING!
PEP week 1: Bagsak to the past present and future: final show with like 60 students and 25 teachers! it was amazing to see that..PEP has come a long way!
PEP week 2: 5th year anniversary: the FCC was filled with PEP grads, old teachers, possible teachers, community supporters..it was amazing to see how much support and love we had..
PEP week 3:Final days of PEP 05-06 class- i really really miss our students! we had our last PEP meeting with 05-06 PEP teachers, we celebrated Sista Arlene R. on her journey to the bEast Coast..that was one funky ass night! beautiful women at the dinner table having mojitos and breaking the bread we never got! ;) and really had a moment of being honest and real with each other..i realized that the women around me had my back the whole year for reals..and that i never sat down with them at the same time like that..but individually we connected on a work level of course, but also on a human level..all have seen me at my lowest points of my life and highest this year..funny though..2 of them i've only known since last summer..and i have more time to build with them this year..we then headed to poleng lounge to introduce lex and arlene to native elements and the way i roll at the club..that shit was fun! pep folks rolled from past and present, shared way too many drinks and homegurl erica shared her you know what...everyone was dancin..it was FRESH! folks who had their gaurd up all year let it all out that night..and we shared drunkin honesty with each other..lovely!
I'll miss some of my brothas and sistas who are moving on..
PEP week 4: interviews BACK TO BACK for 06-07..met hella new people through that and bonded with the returning PEP folks..i can't wait for the upcoming school year! Friday we had our first PEP orientation and brought some old skool PEP family members to speak on a panel, they met 22 new members of the PEP family! we now have an official 1 month break before Tibak Training and retreat!* one of Rods youth from Riverside-- will be starting the MA program in Asian Am-will be a PEP teacher in the Fall and will be living down the street with homegurl from the valley!* its been inspiring this past month for sure!
on top of that: Work with FADF, FCC, AYPS-- and of course WEDDING PLANNING! shits been crazy..rod will officially transition into FCC as a Full Time employee piloting the AYPS program in the Excelsior and SoMa in August, I will transition as PEP's associate director and work part time at FCC starting July 1--funny how we always end up at the same place together..and in 2 months OUR WEDDING!