I walked out of an orthodontist’s office with my thirteen year old yesterday after our first appointment. As we sat on the subway on the way home I said something along the lines of, “I was trying to place the…
By far, this was the best Friday Flying Squad day yet (for me at least!) I’m not even sure where to start…
Today we went to Fridays For Future (FFF) at City Hall, a youth-based, peaceful organization striking for the climate emergency.
“Do you want to learn how to use one of those BMX bikes?” A facilitator asks a young person, as she watches with curiosity. ”No, but I want to learn to skateboard.” She answers as she runs up and down…
Sometimes I have internal conflict over my desires and needs and those of the young people I spend my time with. I so desperately want the young people I work with to rise up and overthrow… everything. And most of…
We were joined by someone new today, who wasn’t quite sure what we were about, what to expect, or what he wanted to do for the day, but he said he was up for anything. The group listened intently to…
Today we spent most of the day working on our houses in Prospect Park. It’s fascinating to me how simple the group’s needs and desires are– they simply want a place of their own to care for and develop and…
The morning started out being quite difficult. We couldn’t agree on what to do today. Ultimately, we all agreed that someone needed to make an executive decision for what to do each week. And so, we came up with a…
I wrote to a new parent tonight: “We had a bit of a weird day, really. But it was good. Flying Squad is a lot about people learning how to be with one another (a skill I so wish the…
Welcome to the second week of the PDX Tuesday Flying Squad! This week started once again with energetic chats about books (which the young people have deemed TFS’ “book club”) before moving into a discussion about our nickname possibilities for…