Kaylee had to put the book down for a moment to think more about what she had just read. The senior at Kennedy High School and Rocking the Boat Environmental Job Skills apprentice was reading Robin Wall Kimmerer’s 2013 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants.
There were some gaps in Rocking the Boat’s Knowledge. Fortunately, that’s not a metaphor!
Only in this hybrid moment, between summer and fall, near and far, could a Rocking the Boat connection mean so much.
It might have been a lost summer for New York City kids. Most camps are cancelled, only one pool in the entire Bronx opened, and beaches fill up and close early in the morning.
Financial aid is an absolute necessity for nearly every Rocking the Boat graduate who enrolls in college. Unfortunately, it can also be a bewildering labyrinth of procedures and pitfalls.
