I went to a nice event on Capitol Hill this evening to celebrate the thirty-fifth anniversary of the American Association of University Women lobby corps. I volunteered on the lobby corps for almost three years. It was one of those things that I didn’t have a lot of fun doing, but I was really glad I did it for the learning experience of how things work on Capitol Hill and how service organizations interact with Congress.
I hadn’t seen several of the AAUW members in awhile. But it was good to discuss Budget Justified with them and offer to give a talk about it at their meetings in the fall.
Just got back from a meeting. Diane E. Kelly, senior policy advisor for the Office of Global Women’s Issues at the State Department, discussed foreign assistance efforts to address violence against women and, empowerment through education and microenterprise. Her boss is an ambassador to someplace in North Africa. I told her about “Budget Justified” (http://budgetjustified.com), my experiences with violence against me, working in the federal government offices here in the US.
When I got home, I had dried chocolate all over my pants and the back of my sweater. Now, I know how the hot chocolate got on my pants because I spilled it there. But what I can’t figure out is, how did it get all over the back of my sweater?
