>if you want to do social change work, enjoy a thriving
>career, and are focused on some type of graduate degree, there
>is no more useful/flexible option than an mba, jd or mpa
>

The mpa seems more appealing to me. If I really get the juice, id do a double major in MPA and the MA Peace & Conflict lol.


>at one time i might also have recommended an msw or lcsw, but
>these days i really don't see it.
>
>msw/lcsw will pigeonhole you into service work
>
>something poly/sci, diaspora, or peace related as you've
>suggested here, into academia
>

Mehhh


>the one other option is to consider is something in planning
>or economic/community development, but even that will direct
>you into that specific corner of the work
>

Hmm. I wouldn't knock this... One of my main concerns is community development

>for broad options, i'm very confident that an mba, jd or mpa
>is where its at
>
>probably not what you wanted to hear, but very much the truth
>

Yeah I'm not much of a law person, but I'm willing to work with people involved since they're the ones who can really get things moving


>the other option is to forgo grad school altogether and grind
>it out from the bottom up, or involve yourself with a start-up
>flavored shop, but i used the word grind intentionally - it's
>not a path i'd suggest if you have other options.
>

Well, I am a co-founder along with 8 other people in our org New African Liberty Organization, and we've had some community service and entertainment events. Things are moving VERY slow because most of us are college students struggling with life. My long term goal is to really only work with NALO and maybe one or two of my personal side projects.

NALOOfficial.org


>one thing i might suggest, is to identify the type of
>organization you think does the most exciting or admirable
>types of work, then identify the top organizations of that
>type, and check out what backgrounds the folks on their
>leadership teams have. similarly, see if any of them host
>fellowships, and find out what types of grad work their
>current fellows are involved in


Last night I started writing out some things I'd want to see change in the community. I'm going to continue to do that especially since this bit of information seems like it is the best place for me to start. This will help me find an internship (I hope) and also make some very important connections.



The biggest obstacle for me to overcome would be my social anxiety/depression and my negative self talk. I hate being the center of attention and I despise speaking in front of more than 2 people at a time. I also tend to put myself down and fall into that spell of "I'm not capable of doing this because I don't have the skills." It's gonna be a long journey



"I'm twenty-two, catch
In the prime of my life,
I don't have time to be a wife"

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"She was on that tip about stoppin' the violence
About my people she was teachin' me..."