Today was Monday at the Young Women's Project.
Well, it was Monday everywhere I suppose, but YWP was where I spent most of the start of the week. It was... uneventful actually. Mondays are quiet for us- no youth, and allegedly a day of planning and adult staff productivity. Like most people who work with youth I'm sure, it seems as though there's never really enough planning time, but we make do. Mondays are also staff meeting day. Despite our anti-bureaucracy stance, they're kinda necessary...

What, you may ask, is the Young Women's Project?
Rather than a marginally interesting post on exactly what we do (the disinterest inrecapping it may only be mine, because I seem to do it often), I'll build suspense for a bit and instead tell you how we feel about things. This may also force you to click on the above link out of curiosity, thereby driving traffic to the website and potentially donations? Yes? Pay my salary? I digress... Aaanywho, I give you

YWP,
in bullet points:

We are:

• pro youth adult partnership
• supportive of "partners" rather than husbands, boyfriends or live-in lovers
• pro interdependence
  
• pro frameworks, check-ins, write-ups the share-drive
  
• pro-sharing, and oblivious to over-sharing
  
• pro trainings, assuming their interactiveness
• also pro chart paper and colorful markers, as a corollary
  
• neutral on promptness, but this is situation-dependent
  
• pro transparency (though not in the teen staff clothing) and pro accountability
• anti agression but pro assertiveness
• anti oppression and pro forward progression
  
• in support of work-life balance, and the balance that comes from mastering the tree pose in yoga
• obviously, pro yoga
• also, pro tai chi, tae bo and Thai food
• supportive of ethiopian, vegan and carribean cuisines, as well as Ben's Chili Bowl
• pro gmail, gchat and google in general
• in support of peer support groups and support systems, but anti support hose
• pro sarcasm, but only when tempered by an angelic smile
• anti beauty culture, but generally in favor of beautiful things
• pro long lunches and longer walks, also pro long evenings
• Basically amazing
  

Well, that's enough of that for the evening. Time for bed, then Tuesday!