La Plaza Central

Cindy Gonzalez of the Omaha World-Herald recently profiled a community leader in Omaha who has done a lot of work with Spanish-speaking immigrants in Nebraska.  In addition to his international work in Guatemala, he helped establish a Latino center and pantry in south Omaha.  The one line that stood out to me was, “Resolutions to many problems came after simple phone calls and persistent follow-up.”  I would guess 90% of my work is following up and contacting people and contacting people and then contacting them again.  Sometimes it just takes a deluge of phone calls, emails and personal visits to get things done.  It is a whole different ballgame than the private sector’s profit motive.