Author: Patrick deHahn
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Writing From 2015
I moved to Jersey City in the summer and I’m now working out of New York. [Brooklyn September 2015] With another year gone, here’s my best and favorite pieces of my own, published over the last year in 2015: Teach Your Members And Staff Leadership By Showing Them The World, Associations Now Published shortly after…
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Are libraries the last standing spaces of democracy?
Last week, I wrote about how American libraries are working on strengthening its work with the homeless for AssociationsNow. The American Library Association has a history in addressing the issue of homelessness and has issued policies, standards, programs and more on the population in need. They’ve done strong work in helping libraries across the country…
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On Global Higher Education
Today I learned that less than 40% of Americans hold a college degree. The latest numbers out of the United States Census Bureau show 68 percent of Americans 25 years or older don’t have a bachelor’s degree or higher. That’s only 32 percent who do. The numbers from 2014 have the number jump a tad…
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Looking back on Hurricane Sandy, six months ago
It’s kind of difficult to imagine Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast region of the United States six months ago. Only half a year ago, a massive hurricane slammed New York and I was here in the city when it happened. I put my boots on and took it to the streets. It was nearing the…
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Recap: My 18 hour day reporting at Occupy Wall Street September 17th
Exactly last Monday, I took to the streets to report the Occupy Wall Street movement’s one-year anniversary actions in New York City. I went down to Zuccotti Park at around 6AM and didn’t finish my day until 12 midnight. It was a day jampacked with endless walking, maneuvering around massive crowds and live tweeting. (I also worked…
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September 11th, 2012
Snapped a few photos when I walked around Lower Manhattan after my 9/11 vigil walk down with Pace University and my staff. Today marked 11 years since the United States suffered a terrorist attack in New York City, resulting in thousands of deaths, on September 11th, 2001.
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D.C. dreams
Since school started and all, I thought it was about time – What I’ve done this summer: Lugged three stuffed suitcases, with the help of my mother and sibling, from Massachusetts to Washington D.C., a brand new city knowing only a handful of people Survived Washington’s hottest summer in the city’s history – 25 days…
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Gearing up for May 1st
[A sign hangs from an apartment building off of Union Square, with the words “Strike” and “May 1st” on it; taken on Sunday night April 29th, 2012 by Patrick deHahn] Wondering where Occupy Wall Street went? Just wait for Tuesday. May 1st, along with the May Day and International Workers Day history, is a day…
