by wpettway | Oct 17, 2022 | Team Spotlights
Darjai responded: “My mom inspires me most in life; I am the only child, and she has always told me that it’s just me and you. Even when she was working at night, she made time for me to be a productive child. She showed me how to be a woman. She is my complete best friend.” Skating and reading bring Darjai comfort; it is her outlet from stress. Much appreciation to Darjai for doing this interview, and allowing us to know her better as a person, ally, and advocate to the Black LGBTQ community
by wpettway | Sep 30, 2022 | Community Spotlights
Harold Pollack Interview w/Marynia Kolak Edited for length and clarity of translation from spoken to written word.Harold Pollack. How did you get into GIS? Marynia Kolak. I got into GIS during my undergrad studies, I was actually trained as a geologist. I didn’t...
by wpettway | Sep 9, 2022 | Team Spotlights
“Jeanette Webb holds a smile in her voice and wears her heart on her sleeve. She is firm in her truth that hope is an infinite resource and never truly can be lost.”
by wpettway | Aug 2, 2022 | Team Spotlights
“Jeanette Webb holds a smile in her voice and wears her heart on her sleeve. She is firm in her truth that hope is an infinite resource and never truly can be lost.”
by wpettway | Jun 8, 2022 | Community Spotlights
“This month’s spotlight will be featuring a person with a courageous and empowering story. The person will be referred to as Anonymous. He is a Queer male who is 33 years of age. He discovered that he was HIV positive in 2012. He contracted the virus from his monogamous partner of three years. He was aware of his boyfriend’s status. At the time Anonymous was experiencing homelessness. He had become homeless based on his lifestyle and lack of support with finding who He was as a Queer Male. At this time anonymous partner was housed based on the fact that He was HIV positive; because of anonymous love and need for housing, rendered the tough decision for Anonymous to tactfully contract HIV in order to succeed life as a homeless person navigating temporary resources for places to get sleep and eat consistently. After a year of unprotected sexual endeavors, anonymous finally became reactive of the HIV virus. He soon navigated housing, and was luckily still in the demographics to qualify for housing in 2014. “
