This is it.

We’ve gone over the site – tested all the links, read aloud our content, adjusted our images. We’ve made our tweaks. We’re ready for soft launch – tomorrow, we present our progress to the class – and to WBENA. This next week will be devoted to edits to our presentation and our site from both parties, and to the final deployment.

Where did the time go? It feels like we had just gotten started. Development was definitely full of surprises – we had to get creative with song research, we had to adjust expectations for time and well-being,  I went through three injuries. It’s been rough at times, even without the project. There were days where I didn’t know how I was going to find the energy to continue. It was small but mighty comfort to know that we were building something important. That we were helping to preserve a culture under attack. That we could do *anything* at a time with massive, depressing headlines bombarding us with terrors outside of our control. That’s what I love about DH – there’s always something to do.

Of course, we wouldn’t have gotten here without our amazing team. Melissa, for carrying our Outreach side – scheduling and leading our interview and consultations and running our social media team like a boss. Lini, for being our team rock and woman of all trades, always willing to jump in and do whatever needed doing, from logo design to research to csv’s to programming to cutting out brochures. Alex, for teaching the team about software development and being our front-end expert – for reminding us of proper programming practices and for keeping us (me) from taking on more than we can handle. Most of all, for each of you, your enthusiasm and compassion have made this project a joy to work on. From the bottom of my heart: Дуже дякую.