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Look to the Bees: Sharing Resources Through Service feat. Libby Post '15
From the long line of Cranbrook alumni in her family, Libby Post (‘15) shares how the school shaped her to lead a service-oriented life. It was her family's roots in education and the school's strong emphasis on multiplying resources to impact others that inspired her to pursue a career in social work.
In this episode, Libby opens up about her passion for preventing violence and preserving humanity. She talks about the Peace Corps and Ceasefire Detroit, a community-based violence reduction initiative.
The guiding principle of Libby Post's life has always been to serve others. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in arts and design, minor in community action and social change. She recently received her Peace Corps assignment to Botswana after working on the AmeriCorps Program. Although the pandemic paused this cause, she's currently working on a grant to help Ceasefire Detroit. Check out their amazing community initiatives on violence prevention!
- Email: [email protected]
- Libby Post on LinkedIn
Cranbrook Arts and Sciences
[00:10:09] I truly value the experiences I got at Cranbrook. I feel like I got to explore many different things. I think of myself as a jack of all trades, and I think that Cranbrook afforded me that opportunity because it invests so much in the arts and sciences. Getting to just try many things throughout my childhood, into middle school and high school, I want to be able to share what, I feel, would be one way of doing that is certainly through service.
Preserving and Protecting Humanity
[11:37:07] When other people's humanity is not protected, mine is degraded too. I think that historically, there have been many communities that have had their humanity degraded in a deliberate and systematic way, and we are still dealing with a lot of repairs. I think that there are some general efforts to fight that history.
On Finding a Mentor
[00:18:07] When you find yourself connecting with somebody in your career, and if you like what somebody is doing, get to know them really well. Get to know how they got there, why they started doing things the way they do. I build that connection through observation. So, working directly with people who, I think, go about their work in a way that is appealing to me — those are the people who I want to be able to observe closely. And continue to see how they navigate different situations.
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By Cranbrook KingswoodFrom the long line of Cranbrook alumni in her family, Libby Post (‘15) shares how the school shaped her to lead a service-oriented life. It was her family's roots in education and the school's strong emphasis on multiplying resources to impact others that inspired her to pursue a career in social work.
In this episode, Libby opens up about her passion for preventing violence and preserving humanity. She talks about the Peace Corps and Ceasefire Detroit, a community-based violence reduction initiative.
The guiding principle of Libby Post's life has always been to serve others. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in arts and design, minor in community action and social change. She recently received her Peace Corps assignment to Botswana after working on the AmeriCorps Program. Although the pandemic paused this cause, she's currently working on a grant to help Ceasefire Detroit. Check out their amazing community initiatives on violence prevention!
- Email: [email protected]
- Libby Post on LinkedIn
Cranbrook Arts and Sciences
[00:10:09] I truly value the experiences I got at Cranbrook. I feel like I got to explore many different things. I think of myself as a jack of all trades, and I think that Cranbrook afforded me that opportunity because it invests so much in the arts and sciences. Getting to just try many things throughout my childhood, into middle school and high school, I want to be able to share what, I feel, would be one way of doing that is certainly through service.
Preserving and Protecting Humanity
[11:37:07] When other people's humanity is not protected, mine is degraded too. I think that historically, there have been many communities that have had their humanity degraded in a deliberate and systematic way, and we are still dealing with a lot of repairs. I think that there are some general efforts to fight that history.
On Finding a Mentor
[00:18:07] When you find yourself connecting with somebody in your career, and if you like what somebody is doing, get to know them really well. Get to know how they got there, why they started doing things the way they do. I build that connection through observation. So, working directly with people who, I think, go about their work in a way that is appealing to me — those are the people who I want to be able to observe closely. And continue to see how they navigate different situations.