I was tuning out by tuning in to Ani DiFranco’s “God’s Country,” when it happened. I was traipsing along Chestnut Street en route to the Leadership Institute this morning, when I came face to face with an oversized banner, tacked to the side of a church, which quoted from Pearl S. Buck. “Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.”

Ah, my own little burning bush! “Dudette,” said the oversized banner, tacked to the side of a church. “Expand your horizons. Grow yourself!”

Indeed this weekend has been all about expanding horizons, affecting the way we think about campus organizing.

Through countless discussions with similarly-situated LSRJers and a series of fabulous presentations about successful LSRJ events, I’ve decided it’s important to meet in the middle sometimes. And I’ve decided it’s also really important to rock the metaphorical boat. I’m pumped about planning fall activities and feeling all kinds of support from this amazing network of people who are seriously a wealth of good ideas. We can’t stop at talking. Repro justice demands more and better. It doesn’t just happen.

- Jonelle Kusminsky

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