Who could I be?

This blog was created by a former volunteer with the help of the volunteers and sisters involved in the 2010 Charity in the City summer program, sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of New York for women ages 18-30.

As a volunteer last year, I found the experience of service in the city remarkable because it challenges volunteers to ask the question pictured in the mural above-- Who Could I Be? They ask this question of themselves, but also from the humbling perspective of the people they serve over the course of two weeks. People on the fringes of their communities must ask, "Who could I be if I had a home? Or if I had an education? If I were healthy?"
At the end of the program and long after, we as volunteers ask the question with greater consciousness of others, and consequently of our own gifts, graces, and privileges. Who Could I Be? becomes How Can I Be?
Then, with greater strides, our journeys continue.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Experiencing East Harlem, On Foot




Sister Charlotte accompanied the volunteers on a walking tour of East Harlem, where she worked for 18 years. Highlights included visits to the Fox House and to the Little Sisters of the Assumption Health Services building, which houses a thrift shop where three volunteers will work the second week of the Charity in the City program.
See more photos of the tour.
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