How to find your community when you don’t know anyone by Christy Ku

Degna Stone Graft, Library, Sustain

Illustration of a woman pointing to a natework of interconnected small faces on a blue background

“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Yet another guest speaker at our school gives this ‘advice’ to our teenage ears. They hurriedly mention their first job/internship came from their aunt/neighbour/family friend but hey, if they could do it we could too. “Make sure you really work your contacts! Knock on doors! The worst thing they can do …