I crisscrossed this country for 40 years, reporting “The American Story with Bob Dotson” on the NBC TODAY Show. That quest was almost non-stop. More than four million miles searching for people who are practically invisible, the ones who change our lives, but don’t take time to tweet and tell us about it. Wisdom…
I am Rob Rowen and I have recently relocated from the Tampa Bay area to the Upstate. Tracie Frese invited me to tell you a little about the work I have been doing for the last 9 years. I, along with some friends, started Global Action Coalition: a non-profit that began it’s initial work in…
Sometimes, “membership” sounds a little scary. To me, it sounds like money, time commitments, and cliquey social groups — all things that, as a senior in college, I can’t afford. But then I started working at Upstate International (UI), and my perspective on membership changed. As an intern, I’ve gotten to see a side…
To travel, or not to travel… but really, is that the question? For many of us the question is not will we travel, but how, where and when. I feel giddy at the thought of sitting in a cafe, with a table full of travel books, planning my next adventure. The sights, the culture, the promise of delicious food…