Make the money, don’t let the money make you...

Did I just build an entire personal life to development work metaphor around Macklemore’s the Heist?

Chantal PasquarelloSeptember 25, 2020

Comfortably numb

Is it possible for activism to not be all-consuming?

Chantal PasquarelloSeptember 4, 2020Black Lives Matter, Rage Against the MachineComment

Assimilation, adaptation, authenticity?

You do you...across cultures.

Chantal PasquarelloAugust 7, 2020Comment

Too much power

Use and abuse of power by the police, dictators…and the international development system..

Chantal PasquarelloJuly 10, 2020Police violence, Authoritarian, NeocolonialComment

More anger

Until a few weeks ago, I had never heard the term Performative Activist or Optical Ally, but I’ve long been intimately familiar with the concepts.

Chantal PasquarelloJune 26, 2020Black Lives Matter, Performative Activist, Optical allyComment

What can I say?

I think many of us in the humanitarian field are somehow exempting ourselves, skirting around honest conversations about race precisely because of the kind of work we do.

Chantal PasquarelloJune 14, 2020Black Lives MatterComment

The beginning of the blog

My first new (blog) thoughts in a decade

South AfricaChantal PasquarelloApril 16, 2020Lockdown, Cape Town, human rights Comments

Oh so many moons ago... (5 Apr 2009)

Negotiating big changes in DRC.

DR CongoChantal PasquarelloApril 7, 2020DRC, IRC, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, International Rescue CommitteeComment

scattered thoughts since north kivu destabilized yet again (23 Oct 2008)

Scattered thoughts as conflict escalates, the Phillies win the Series and Obama closes in on a victory

DR CongoChantal PasquarelloApril 6, 2020DRC, IRC, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, International Rescue CommitteeComment

Obama, Phillies and Goma (10 Nov 2008)

Thoughts about impending violence in Bukavu as the Phillies win the World Series and Obama wins the White House.

DR CongoChantal PasquarelloApril 5, 2020DRC, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, IRC, International Rescue CommitteeComment

Jambo de Bukavu (20 Sept 2008)

Thoughts on a rainy Bukavu morning.

DR CongoChantal PasquarelloApril 4, 2020DRC, IRC, International Rescue Committee, Democratic Republic of Congo, DR CongoComment

DR Congo: Just the Beginning (11 Aug 2008)

The start of my time in DRC.

DR CongoChantal PasquarelloApril 3, 2020DRC, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, IRC, International Rescue CommitteeComment

dancing to the next song (5 Jul 2007)

Traveling with the KNCHR

KenyaChantal PasquarelloApril 2, 2020Kenya, human rightsComment

as the adventures come fast and furious... (4 June 2007)

First trip outside Nairobi.

KenyaChantal PasquarelloApril 1, 2020Kenya, KNCHRComment

MOPA mombasa mungiki (24 May 2007)

Reflections on pre-election Kenya

KenyaChantal PasquarelloMarch 31, 2020Kenya, KNCHR, human rightsComment

when things aren't fair (30 Oct 2004)

Frustration at the close of Peace Corps service.

Peace Corps TogoChantal PasquarelloMarch 30, 2020Togo, Peace CorpsComment

AIDS in Dalanda (10 Dec 2003)

Thoughts after the passing of a friend’s sister from AIDS.

Peace Corps TogoChantal PasquarelloMarch 29, 2020Togo, Peace Corps, AIDSComment

marché mutterings (13 Nov 2003)

Market day Mondays in my Peace Corps village.

Peace Corps TogoChantal PasquarelloMarch 28, 2020Togo, Peace CorpsComment

365 african dayz (04 Nov 2003)

A poem written a year into Peace Corps service

Peace Corps TogoChantal PasquarelloMarch 27, 2020Togo, Peace CorpsComment

oh, Mali... (18 Sep 2003)

Waxing lyrical about our Dogon country visit.

Peace Corps TogoChantal PasquarelloMarch 26, 2020Togo, Peace Corps, Mali, Dogon Country, DjenneComment