We (the 2013s) met with the 2016s today for about an hour to further discuss the sustainability of Hogares Sanos next year. It was a great turnout! Close to ten 2016s came and seemed very eager and ready to give Hogares Sanos a whirl. I think it’s safe to say the Hispanic women we’ve been working with are just as eager and ready. Our class is excited to see how the program evolves next year! Keep us updated, Class of 2016 🙂
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2013 Class Notes – Monday, May 6
1. Leaders of the 21st Century organizer, Kevin Otos, came to brainstorm and give us some tips:
-What do we want the audience to walk away with?
-How many people do we want to present?
-Celebration of our accomplishments, our opportunity to share with the audience
-Mission of the Periclean program
-Potential approach: our journey through Periclean
-Went over logistics: how to hold microphone, how to avoid pauses, “um”s, etc.
2. Evan Small also came to class, representing Elon Volunteers! (EV) in hopes of collaborating with Periclean for sustaining our program with the women.
-He sees it being a collaboration among Periclean, EV, and El Centro de Espanol (great way for students to get hours at El Centro!)
-We emphasized that consistency of Elon students is important for trust, continuity, and growth. Plus it helps break down the wall between Burlington and the “Elon Bubble”
-He seems hopeful and will be getting back to us soon
3. We are having our LAST class at Alex Lake’s house next week. We’ll have a cookout and hang out and also discuss our class resume as well as how we want to use our time on stage for Leaders.
4. Our class had planned to have a tailgate Wednesday, May 8 and then go to the baseball game with the session women. However, the game was cancelled, leading us to quickly brainstorm an alternative in class last night. It was a great example of the constant changes and curve balls that come along with the program! After some stressful scrambling, we secured El Centro for the evening, where we will have a make-your-own-pizza night and games. There are quite a few 2016’s joining us so they can meet the women. We’re looking forward to it!
Technology Session
Thomas (far left) is very tech-savvy and taught about basic computer skills today. Nick (second from right) is a 2016 and came to check out the session and meet us and the women.
Jennie helping some of the women. They learned how to search on Google, how to copy and paste, and other simple skills.
Blanca was kind enough to translate both written and verbal instructions.
Stoles have arrived
Thanks, Eliza, for being an awesome model!
The name of the village where we got them means “Bat House,” hence the bats. As far as the sun, I can’t remember a specific reason why we did that. I think we just thought it would look nice and it was easy for the women to sew.
“Illegal” Immigrants??
Big news regarding immigration…and the power of words. Thought I’d share.
AP no longer using “illegal immigrant”
What do y’all think?
Video on Immigration
This video has a lot to do with what our class has been studying, so I thought I’d share it. Hope everyone is enjoying break!
Here is the trailer:
PODs this week
Our class met for about three hours today to finalize the POD presentation and figure out what else we have to do before the big day(s). We present Wednesday at 9:25 and 12:15 and Thursday at 8 and 2:20. It’s a Powerpoint with mostly pictures and then quite a few video clips of Skype sessions with Isra and segments from a 10-minute video he made on his own and sent to us, narrating his story. It’s been a lot of work, so we’re excited to present the finished product. Wish us luck!
POD Planning Update
On March 20th and 21st our class will be presenting about immigration to several Global classes. We have broken the immigration process down to four sections (Life in Mexico, Journey to America, Life in America, Return Home) and will be using the story of a friend of ours to add context. Isra, seen below in the red shirt, was deported about five years ago and spent most of WT with us as we travelled around Chipas and Yucatan. As of now, we are still trying to arrange a Skype session to get more details of his story; coordinating schedules has been difficult. He is also in the process of writing his story so we can at least have a written copy. We’ll keep you posted! 