When I was tabling for Amnesty International on Friday night at the R.E.M. concert, we were next to a local non-profit doing environmental justice work in Roxbury. One of the two folks staffing their table was a college student from Swarthmore (who lives in So. Cal., not sure how he ended up in Roxbury). Great young guy - reminded me why Swat is still a dream job for me.

Btw, my sister-in-law and other friend/brilliant young queer history colleague are both Swarthmore '01...