Getting the shot felt good. Thinking of those still waiting is what stings.
Steve Hendrix, The Washington Post
Jan. 21, 2021
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Washington Post Jerusalem bureau chief Steve Hendrix gets his coronavirus vaccine on January 17, 2021, at Pais Arena in Jerusalem, which was temporarily converted into a vaccination center. must credit: Photo by Ann Hendrix-JenkinsAnn Hendrix-Jenkins/Handout
JERUSALEM - Like so many of my fellow Earthlings, I have been waiting for this moment for 10 months, since it became clear that this was the big one, the one the experts warned us about, the pathogen capable of bringing humanity to a standstill.
It has been the most universal experience imaginable, a pandemic that enveloped the globe, reaching inexorably into every continent and country. Month after month, the question How have you been? has answered itself: The same as you, the same as everyone. Locked down. Muddling through. Waiting.
Donya Nasser (Trustee member of the committee)
An MA volunteer, Donya Nasser has been Senior Manager, Public Engagement and Policy at the Center for the Developing Adolescent since 2019. She has been a Global Trustee on the Governing Council for IPPF since 2017; a Board Director for IPPF Western Hemisphere Region since 2017; and a Board Director for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and Action Fund (PPAF) since 2015.
She has also been the Director of Strategic Partnerships on the Youth Working Group of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO since 2017 and a Member of the Youth Power Panel at Restless Development in Washington DC since 2019. Amongst the skills required for the Board of Trustees, Donya can point to knowledge of SRHR leadership; experience of advocacy and working with government; and fundraising and resource mobilization. She is from North America, currently located in the USA. She also has lived in the UK for a year and Iran for just under a year.