Welcome to Conscious Impact! Here we will explore how we, as youth, can make a positive, sustainable and conscious impact on our planet and create a better future for us all. Whether working in urban agriculture, teaching elementary school or building clean drinking water systems abroad, this blog will share best practices, common challenges and …
Meeting Akwidaa, a small beach town
Respect. When I walk into a community, that is always on my mind. How can I be conscious and respectful at all times? How can I follow traditional authority? Where is the chief, and how can I meet him? Today, I meet Nana Adams, and immediately follow through with yesterday’s promise: one bottle of Schnapps. …
Walking the streets of Abene, Senegal
“Hello! What is your name? Where are you from?!” I slow my pace. This is the sixth Rastafarian man to try to talk to me on this 20 minute walk to town. Should I stop? I smile and keep walking. He follows. I have been walking this same hot, dusty dirt road for 6 days …
Step 1: Self Realization
“I’m a community mobilizer!” the woman said to me. Wow, I thought, I’ve always wanted to be one of those. “How did you get to be a ‘community mobilizer’?” I asked. “Well,” she confidently replied, “It starts with examining yourself, before you go out to the community. You must know what you want and what …
Vision
As youth, our generation has the whole world before us. With unique access to global communication, information technology, social media and ease of travel, the world has opened up before our eyes. We dream of working in Africa, traveling Europe, living in New York City, relaxing in Latin America or simply communicating across the world …
Is this a good idea?
Maybe not. I have had this thought more than once. The thought that I shouldn't be doing this. It has crossed my mind. When I left for Africa for the first time in 2005 as a college undergraduate, I had three questions. 1) Do I really have a privilege in this world? 2) If so, …
How can we help? 