The “Other”

Speaking Truth to Power

Critical Reflection #9

What?: My time at RotaCare clinic has shown me that if one person acknowledges an issue in their community and actually decides to take action and figure out how to help, it can make a huge difference in someone else’s life…

It’s All About Perspective

WHAT: At Rotacare, even though I did not have one on one patient contact, I do sit next to the discharge nurses. After the nurses discharge a patient, the charts get handed to me to input into the computer system, so I have to sit next to them to get the charts. Sitting next to…

The Impact of a Voice

WHAT: At my community partner site, the Ritter House, I have had many experiences with particular individuals who come to the food pantry. Working at the food pantry is very fast pace, so I don’t have much time to really talk with everyone that receives the services. When I get to talk to…

Speak Up while you can.

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”- Benjamin Franklin The concept of the teacher and the student goes as far back as time itself. There who someone who has learned something, someone who tries to teach and someone who is being taught. That being…

Silence Hurts More

My community partner is made up of people who inspire me every time I see them. These young mothers have come a long way from who they were in their teenage years. They are growing into these inspirational mothers with all of them working and doing their best to take care of their kids. One…

Hope is the Oppressor of Fear

Everyday I attend AVID I feel as if my heart and mind have been expanded to further comprehend and appreciate the cultural differences of the human existence. I enter each tutoring session with the key concepts of my anthropological colloquium class ringing in my ears. I hear…

Are you listening?

What?

At my community partner, Venetia Valley, I volunteer with a teacher named Ms. Dietrich. And Ms. Dietrich teaches sign language on the day that I am there and luckily I have been able to get one on one time with her over the duration of the semester. A couple weeks…

Together We Can Do It

What? People say that you learn something new every day, and I have found that to be true. At my community partner, Young Moms Marin, over time I have learned a lot of new information about who the moms are and about the organization. I am going tell a story about how someone from my…

One for the Books

A Critical Reflection on Ronald David Glass’ “Staying Hopeful” and Clint Smith’s “The Danger of Silence”

What?

After my recent visit at Kids Club, I left with a heavy heart.