Recently, I was asked to host the Public Allies MD 2015 graduation. This was a huge honor not only as a Public Ally alum but as an overall advocate of the Public Allies program. I received a lot of positive feedback about my opening remarks and thought I’d share with others as well. Good afternoon,…
Status quo is Latin for existing state. When we talk about the status quo, however, we often mean it in a slightly bad way. When people want to maintain the status quo, they are often resistant to progress. If you run for mayor of your town and come in to office with all sorts of new ideas,…
Before I started working, I bought a journal to document the cool things I experience as well as use it to take notes during meetings. Here is the first entry: Dear Oyinade, By the end of this internship, you should feel 100% more confident in your work than ever before. You should feel like you…
I really don’t know how to start this blog post because it has been such a long time since I last wrote about my life. All I can say is important things are happening. This week, not only did I have to find the mental capacity to work on literally several projects at the same…
Pay for Success: A New Way to Solve Communities’ Most Costly Problems | National Council on Crime & Delinquency Getting my name out there somewhat. Here’s a blog I co-wrote with one of our program officers.