The Big Transition

I started this blog originally in 2011 to write about Papua New Guinea in the context of the policy struggles relative to the cross-border transmission of tuberculosis and the intergovernmental responsibility for the treatment of PNG nationals seeking health treatment in Queensland, Australia.

At the time, I had started to study community development and was exploring new ways of thinking about the world that clashed with deeply held assumptions and understandings from which I had been operating and from which generally, the Western world operates. I ultimately reverted my long, impassioned posts to draft.

Two years later, I moved back to America, commenced to transition my career to community development and took a position with a local non-profit in Chicago. I set out to use my blog to reflect on my work. However, it felt too personal and raw to share publicly and eventually, I reverted those posts to draft, as well.

I think I'm ready to start blogging about my real life, the people I meet, the thoughts I have about communities and development generally. So this is an introductory post, the third and it's many years. I'm trying again and hope to post again soon.