One humanitarian’s story: thoughts from ‘C’ about the sector

Warning: long read, 5100+ words One humanitarian’s story: thoughts from ‘C’ about the sector   One woman, one story I have had many Skype visitors to my “Global Citizen/Humanitarian sector” sociology class over the years, humanitarians all.  In a previous post I discuss five of these guests, but below I go deeper into the encounter we had with a humanitarian who, chooses to go by simply ‘C’. Although she is ‘only one person’ her experiences will resonate with many who share her demographic profile: white, 30ish, female, and from the global North, the United States, no less. Please note as you read her statements that her tone, cadence, pauses, and stress on certain words and phrases brought her words to life in ways that cannot be conveyed adequately in the bare text you will read below. There was emotion in her voice as she spoke to us, and we could see … Continue reading One humanitarian’s story: thoughts from ‘C’ about the sector