My First Day as a Social Entrepeneur

So, the point of this post is to answer some questions, like what is the point of me having a blog?

For those of you who arent in my class, Design For Social Entrepeneurship, you can check it out at http://www.de-se.blogspot.com/ . But you dont have to, im going to try to make my blog interesting to anyone who might stop in even if they arent involved in the course.

In this first post im going to explain a little bit about myself in regards to the course, why i chose it, and how it relates to me.

If you had asked me two years ago what I wanted to do with my life I probably would have told you that I was going to design amusement park rides, or work for NASA. But when I got to RISD that all changed. One wintersession I took a course on human rights, and it really opened my eyes. And now I can only hope that one day I will be given the oppurtunity to help the people I learned about in that class. Human rights policies, and tragedies, organizations, and activists, have become somewhat of an obsession for me recently. I watch pretty much any documentary I can get my hands on and instead of reading Harry Potter I prefer books about political strategy, or the Shia Revival, just to give you a taste.

I do my best to learn as much as I can, but I feel like I am only testing the water. I am torn between a life of volunteer work, or a life in washington. I am hoping this course along with many more experiences at RISD can point me in the right direction.