Blogs 6 and 7

 

Continuing with my last story there of been a lot of characters on these meetings there’s a man whose name is Billy goat who talks and dresses like a goat and asks for more green space. You may ask why is this important to my Hochman project and why is this important to my focus on homelessness. I just wanted to outline the distractions as well as the interesting array of people that can attend these meetings as well as comment at these meetings. The board itself is made up of a small group of people who focus on going through grants as well as proposals for residential housing as well as changes to the community. I have grown so much over the past week.

 

The final week as an opportunity to reflect and put into place the many things that I have learned so far. I have been so lucky and grateful to have this opportunity working with such influential people at a time of need. This project is not only opened my eyes to so many differences and any qualities that people face in this country. It is also taught me so much about how to help in taking steps towards that. I think a lot of times especially at hockey and we sometimes learn about the problem but we don’t learn how to solve those problems when it comes to real world experiences. 


By learning how to solve those problems and taking those steps to do so we are only helping ourselves but we’re helping communities as well. That is what I am most thankful for throughout this experience is I have been able to create a path where I can see through the problem and not only understand it but learn how to fix it. Overall my last week of continued up with the weekly zoom meetings hearing about the potential problems and solutions that the board has come to to solve them. I’ve learned more with lingo as well as learned how these meetings truly flow and the organization of them.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Blog 8

The inspiration for my Senior project came to me when trying to figure out my major for my upcoming year at college. I wanted to work in urban studies and I found this opportunity to be a great one to spend in a city where I will hopefully be eventually taking part in college at. Working in LA which is such an urban area and have any opportunity to work with such an amazing company was amazing. My initial goals and the situation ended up being a little bit different then my takeaways. The quality of my mentorship was amazing and I love engagement what happened on meetings. I think I’ve learned a lot about what I can do to make the world a better place I think one thing I would say but my project is I wish it had a little bit more structure but overall I think it was a very beneficial experience. I think Hawken can be more involved with organizations in general ones that are truly focusing on the greater good of our community. I think we should go beyond helping organizations that focus...
Read more

Blogs 2 and 3 combined

  I was extremely excited to finally have the opportunity to dive into my senior project. I didn’t know what was to come but I was excited nevertheless. My first day went like any other first day trying to get the reins of everything and understand what’s truly happening. I went on a meeting which center around a Venice Beach community Council. During that meeting I took notes as well as made judgments and assumptions based on the facts presented. These meetings really open my mind in my eyes into the world of allocating resources and making decisions based on community benefit. During the meeting I heard from many different influential people that work to house and allocate homelessness in the city of Venice. I’m currently working with my mentor on just getting a better understanding on a different facet of the world. My initial expectations were met and I was extremely excited and I felt immediate benefit from my experience. Going to the next week I’m just extremely excited to ge...
Read more