I am so glad to have presented already, it took A LOT of weight off my shoulders! but..
I just want to express the experience I had presenting and doing the project as well.
1. When this project on the homeless population began I was nervous to work with new classmates that I had never really spoken to. I was very shy at the beginning of the course but as the project ideas for our topic began to unfold I felt much better about speaking my ideas and it greatly helped that the girls I worked were so Awesome! The interviews happened and being part of the interviews with these homeless individuals really touched me and they really scarred me too because I felt really hurt that there are millions of people out there that have no where to sleep, food to eat, or family to support them sometimes. It just makes me realize how fortunate I am to have all the things I do. I try to complain less now and help more!
2. When we gathered all of our data I wanted to created millions of interventions! No lie ask Irene, Symone, and Adrienne they were in the same room as I (I was loaded on coffee too so that helped ha!) I decided to help created the two videos that we presented to the class and with hard work and great team members and participants they turned out great! When it was time to present I was a bit nervous but that is all because I never really speak in front of 20 people, but it all turned out great!
Thoughts..
I feel very dedicated to the community I belong in now. I belong to the UT/Austin community and I want to do more to get involved with causes like Women Reproductive Rights, Homeless populations, Education, Immigration and their rights, Recycling keeping the world Green, Public Health, LGBTQ and many more! I will do this firstly by joining After Work Activism baby! (I'm logging into Facebook right now to find this group). All joke aside, I feel that I was brought to this world for a purpose and I am glad to know many people who feel the same way. If not us then who will begin to bring change to the world? The key is to get everyone to know that there is a better life if everyone just accepts the realities that people need help and people are different.
PEACE!
Veronica -
ReplyDeleteAgain, I really enjoyed your group's presentation (as well as the others'). I could tell that this turned out to be more than just a one-time project for you all. I appreciate everyone's efforts and the interventions that were suggested. You're well on your way to being a wonderful Social Worker. Graduation's just around the corner. *Look out social justice issues -- Here comes Veronica! Great post! :-)
You are so lovely and inspiring Shirley. You just don't know it. Thank you for all of your support!
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ReplyDeleteI thought your presentation was awesome :) You guys seem so passionate about alleviating poverty among homeless populations. I really admire how you all went out and interviewed homeless people--that was very gutsy and brave. I can tell that you really are passionate about helping underserved populations and I know you're gonna do great. I agree with you that people should realize the diversity in needs that different populations have--hopefully as future social workers we can raise awareness about this and engage more community members in supporting our causes!
I definitely want to do more in the future and I would love to keep in touch with you to create greater change in this world and to just have a great friend to count on like you! Thanks for all of your support this semester Natasha, you are wonderful and I am sure you will be great in the future!
DeleteWorking with you guys was so awesome! Toying around with a multitude of ideas about how to help, and what we can do to help was probably the highlight of my semester. I admire the homeless population so much because of what they have to endure on a daily basis. This project has taught me so much, I look forward to working with you guys next semester:)!!!
ReplyDeleteHey boo boo, You are soooo sweet, funny and inspiring too! I loved how close we all grew during our project and I hope to stay in touch for the rest of my experience at UT and in my career in social work. Stay in touch I would love to keep working for social justice with you and to just hang out! Have a great summer. And let me know how your awesome wedding goes! =]
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