I’m excited to be in North Carolina this morning. I’m attending the 10th Annual Qualitative Research Summer Intensive. I’m here for a two-day workshop on grounded theory with Kathy Charmaz. Very awesome. I brought my survivor story as my sample data, so this should be interesting.
In other news, I’ve launched a book project (unrelated) and once that’s more fully established, I’ll share a bit in this space. It’s a good entry point into thinking and learning more about mass incarceration and the prison-industrial complex.
There are a couple of other projects I’m mulling that are just about ready to shift into the doing stage. That’s something I’m working on this year – taking action on ideas instead of letting them live (and sometimes eventually, die) in my head.
Speaking of other projects – I’m the program committee chair of the 3rd Annual National Black Women’s Life Balance and Wellness Conference. This week we’re sending out decision notes to women who submitted proposals. There were quite a few excellent ones, so it’s definitely a labor of love to select the presenters.
And since we’re on the topic of wellness, I’ve started back running. I ran this morning (on a treadmill. Ack!), and I’ve almost completed my first running goal of the year.
Keeping busy!
So… enough about me. What are you up to this week? Goals? Milestones? Challenges? Chime in!
This week has been productive on the home front- doing the prep work to rent one house and make renovations on the other. I’ve also made some progress in preparing for baby’s arrival. I have some other things on the horizon but will share a little later when I have more info. Thanks for sharing your beginnings of the book project! Looking forward to it.
My challenge is getting to and preparing myself for the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival or MichFest!