May 16th - May 22nd

What I will be working on this week:

TM coaching:
Eszter (FR)
Fabian (BA)
Anne-Juliette (LA)
Advisory Council meeting in Zürich
Visiting the last Basel LCM
Preparing individual and T2T-Transition (cleaning up and updating the server, creating an agenda, assembling the important files, preparing sessions, ...)
Lots of little tasks :-)

Picture of the week:

Phoenix e.V.
This picture was taken in Brandenburg at the annual gathering of the anti-racism organization founded by my incredibly wise Dad

On another note: this whole pseudo-diversity thing in AIESEC is starting to piss me off actually ... what a bunch of unreflected nonsense. So we call ourselves "culturally sensitive", but is that a reason to ignore racist comments and attitudes, prejudice-reinforcing roll calls and to behave as if we can make racist (or discriminating) jokes simply because we have friends from other countries?!

Best moments:

Spending time with 35 wonderful people (many of whom are family) in a place that scared me and still was the exact right place to be; getting to know amazing kids, hearing their stories about daily racist insults and occasional violence, working on response strategies together, and being touched and inspired by their spirit and courage; the transition prep session - damn, we can be good and fun if we want to be!; a relaxed evening with my Ruthie and a huuuuge breakfast with Monika and Kwesi in Berlin; realizing that true success lies in moving things without compromising your principles for recognition or fame

Soundtrack:

Congolese gospel in Lingala - memories of my childhood :-)

My weeks: April 28th - May 15th

What I worked on these past weeks:
- TM coaching: Aline (BE), Nicole (GE)
- LC coaching and LCP elections (and partying) in Lugano
- Yearplanning with LC Fribourg
- Coaching with Nuria (WI)
- Creating the AiS TM Wiki
- Preparing transition (individual and team-to-team)
- Chat with Saba from the Global Communication Crew
- attending the career event in Zurich (and getting a very specific idea of what I want to apply for)
- attending LC Bern's learning event on Business in Southeast Asia
- the usual MC stuff :-)

My best moments in the past weeks:

A day on the lake in Lucerne with my older brother (in the African sense) Kwesi - sometimes a discussion can change your whole life ...; an sms last night - three words is all it takes :-); my days spent in Lugano (the train trips with Simone, chairing the LCP elections, laughing hard at the Ooops hihi and partying at the Irish pub, coaching at the Irish pub the next morning (with huge chocolate croissants and perfect cappucino); finding my passport; RARA studying; 4 days in Germany with my mom; falling in love over and over again ...; every moment right now, I am so happy

Picture of the week:

Luki in his flat office hihi.

Soundtrack of the past weeks:

That's how it goes :-)