Day 21

Today is Go Skateboarding Day!

I brewed a pot of Barry's Irish in the morning, but only ended up drinking half a mug. I made a couple phone calls in the morning. Called my aunt in Cape Cod to tell her that I was going to go visit next week because I still don't have a job. Called Kristin to confirm going to her house this weekend. Called Bank of America to see if they accepted loose change deposits. They didn't. Then I called The Fund for Public Interest around 3PM, and I got an impromptu interview at 6PM. I didn't have time to go for a real skate, but I did skate to Bank of America to grab some coin rolls. Skated home and counted $210 worth of quarters. Showered, put on my suit and went to the NY Fund for Public Interest office.

It was one of those really really REALLY old apartment buildings where you went into the door and ascended a looooooooong stairway; it was complete with uneven stairs and a flickering light. Pretty eerie. I had to get to the 3rd floor and I was sweating balls by the time I made it up there. They had 2 window fans going and all the windows open but it was sweltering in that place. 

They are an organization that pairs up with other organizations to do street canvassing for grassroots stuff. It's pretty cool, they are currently doing two projects, one with Environment New York and one with the Human Rights Campaign. Currently, companies want to drill for natural gasses at the New York water shed, where NYC's water supply comes from. NYC has some of the nation's best drinking water and drilling would really risk contaminating that. Haliburton drilled in Pennsylvania, and they spilled all these toxic chemicals into the water and contaminated the water in Pittsburgh(?) for a week and a half. They have some good momentum behind it because of the opposition with drilling right now.

The other thing they're doing is fighting for equality in the workplace. It's legal in 29 states to fire someone for being gay. Obviously, a person's employment should be based on their skills, not gender, race, sexual orientation or sexual identity.

Filled out an initial application and was called second to interview. Interview went well, and I was offered an "Observation Day". I got a packet with W-2 forms and a rap for the Human Rights Campaign, which is the speech thing I need to memorize to give to passersby to educate them and to persuade them to become contributing partners.

...Basically it's like street telemarketing, but the good kind.

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