Cry me a River (Goodbye DC)
August 29, 2016 5:58 pm Leave your thoughtsIt has begun. The beginnings of the goodbyes. In less than two weeks, I will wrap up what has been...
Author Archives for Alecia Maragh
Half the world bleeds
August 29, 2016 4:42 pm Leave your thoughtsHalf the world bleeds. They bleed monthly, for three to seven days each month, for on average 38 years (which is...
Lean In
August 29, 2016 3:41 pm Leave your thoughts29 years old, jobless, with my days spent holed up in a café as I job-hunt. The gold Starbucks card...
“Chocolate City” Tour
August 15, 2016 11:48 pm Leave your thoughtsBefore coming to DC, one of my best friends from my grad program had written a well-argued and nuanced blog...
Watching the Olympics – Jamaican style
August 15, 2016 10:39 pm Leave your thoughtsPHOTO CREDITS TO Cameron Spencer/ Getty Images Simply watching the Olympics – particularly the track...
10 Top Apps for DC
August 15, 2016 10:17 pm Leave your thoughtsYou are moving to DC! All that time spent watching West Wing, Scandal and House of Cards and now you...
The Conference Checklist That Will Make You An Event Management Guru
August 15, 2016 10:00 pm Leave your thoughtsOver the past year, I have been fortunate to have attended ten international conferences. On several occasions, I was a...
How To Build Killer Partnerships At Work: Insights From A Presidential Bromance
August 15, 2016 9:56 pm Leave your thoughtsThe past week has seen the internet explode with hashtags of #bff and #bromance as people commented on the close...
North Korean Activist shares her thoughts
August 15, 2016 9:54 pm Leave your thoughtsAt the Nexus Forum last month, Yeon-mi Park recounted that her mother had taught her to “Never whisper because the birds...
A year measured in relationships
August 15, 2016 9:47 pm Leave your thoughtsOver the past 340 days, there have been moments when I have seriously questioned my decision to do this fellowship....
Politics of Zika in the Americas
August 15, 2016 9:45 pm Leave your thoughtsPandemics, epidemics, and contagious disease outbreaks are rarely ever simply issues of ill-health to be resolved by doctors, pharmacists, nurses...
Top Conferences to Attend
August 15, 2016 9:44 pm Leave your thoughtsThere are so many great conferences and they all seem so exciting. Still it’s never easy to ask your supervisor...