Justin Fenwick

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Community by the Numbers, Summary

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ December 10, 2009 ⋅

Christopher Allen over at Life With Alacrity, who also happens to be my instructor, wrote a great series called “Community by the Numbers” which I’ve summarized here. I thought the information was a perfect fit. If a community is too small you’ll often have insufficient critical mass to sustain it. Conversely, if it’s too large [...]

Learning How to Share – A Dichotic Tension

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ October 30, 2009 ⋅

Is it love from my parents? Should I have been coddled more? Communities form around sharing of some kind, the mutual fellowship or shared experience. I often question my ability to contribute to the communities I am in. This is especially unclear in how casually the word community can be used. Even Wikipedia states that [...]

Hard souls find broken wings: lose-lose government spending on abstinence

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ June 24, 2008 ⋅

Thanks to Joe.My.God for leading me to this story on 365Gay.com: Despite a growing body of evidence showing it is not only ineffective but also discriminatory toward LGBT youth a renewal of the Bush administration’s abstinence-only-until-marriage program for schools appears likely in Congress. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and [...]

It’s job hunting season, three tips

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ May 7, 2008 ⋅

Post from Brazen Careerist – Penelope Trunk with some personal commentary, quotes from What Does Somebody Have to Do to Get a Job Around Here? by Cynthia Shapiro 1. There’s one trick to all trick questions. “All trick questions, even the really scary psychological questions, are crafted so that you will give a negative answer.” [...]