I've been part of the NDNU community for the past year and half, and I finally learned about Dorothy Stang in my Local and State Government class. Dorothy Stang was a sister in Brazil and was an advocate for the indigenous peoples land and protecting the Amazon rain forest. She was fighting against injustice committed by greedy lumbers and exploiters. She was murdered in 2005 that led to the President of Brazil to protecting 20,000 of the Amazon's 1.6 million square miles under federal environmental protection---this part of the land is located to where Stang did some of her work. This woman, I've come to admired because of her boldness to fight injustice and most importantly her faith in Gods plan and that to me resonantes to my understanding that everyone has a calling to serve.
The charisma of NDNU have definitely re-motivated me to continue my work with AmeriCorps and even sparked my interest for the PeaceCorps somewhere that I really care about--Tonga. My father's home and recently it has transitioned to become more of a democratic nation-state.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Mendocino-Alternative Spring Break
Final and last update of my community service project. I'm going to Mendocino during my spring break and will be working in two different projects for five days. I'm pretty excited with the opportunity that I will part of. I had a training this past Sunday that went over the Catholic Social Teaching and our role as volunteers to Mendocino organization and to our society and selves.
Blog topic #5:
I believe in some sense there is some kind of conflict that is locally--meaning that there isn't much support/funding to help in conserving the Mendocino park and they count on donors and volunteers to help with the effort. In addition in keeping the land from businesses from exploiting/destroying the land. That would be a conflict that I think local would have and nationally, I'm not sure.
Here is the link for where I will be in two weeks.
http://mendocinolandtrust.org/?What_We_Do
Blog topic #5:
I believe in some sense there is some kind of conflict that is locally--meaning that there isn't much support/funding to help in conserving the Mendocino park and they count on donors and volunteers to help with the effort. In addition in keeping the land from businesses from exploiting/destroying the land. That would be a conflict that I think local would have and nationally, I'm not sure.
Here is the link for where I will be in two weeks.
http://mendocinolandtrust.org/?What_We_Do
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
EHU
The question for today's blog "Does your CP participate in political campaigns or take public stands on campaigns or candidates? Why or Why not?
I'm not sure if they are involved with political campaigns. I will amend this blog later but for now, I think they aren't supposed to participate in any kind of public stand campaigns or candidates--as they're are political neutral. Again, I will find out as soon as I can.
I'm not sure if they are involved with political campaigns. I will amend this blog later but for now, I think they aren't supposed to participate in any kind of public stand campaigns or candidates--as they're are political neutral. Again, I will find out as soon as I can.
New Community Project
Alright readers, I had to find another community project--which is why I haven't blogged for while.
So, I've chosen to volunteer at Ecumenical Hunger Program. It's a program that caters to families that are experiencing economic hardships. EHU provides the essentials for any family, individual that are going through those challenges and help them get back on their feet.
The relationship between citizens and EHU is a positive relationship. They rely on each other to be in existence and even workout. Thinking about location of EHU being in the Bay, a part of California that is densely populated with a lot people. A survey was conducted that in each family household in EPA or any community has 12 people living in one house or in other words--2-3 families per household. Which is why EHU and the citizens here in EPA/San Mateo county works very well.
I got connected with a email and phone call and they were happy to have me help out.
Citizen participation affects my CP is huge. The EHU is non-profit and it needs volunteers all the time.
I believe to be a participant at EHU is by having some empathy to those who are having a little hard time with trying to get things on track. Anyone can participate and spend their time helping a store that provides hope to families here in the Bay.
So, I've chosen to volunteer at Ecumenical Hunger Program. It's a program that caters to families that are experiencing economic hardships. EHU provides the essentials for any family, individual that are going through those challenges and help them get back on their feet.
The relationship between citizens and EHU is a positive relationship. They rely on each other to be in existence and even workout. Thinking about location of EHU being in the Bay, a part of California that is densely populated with a lot people. A survey was conducted that in each family household in EPA or any community has 12 people living in one house or in other words--2-3 families per household. Which is why EHU and the citizens here in EPA/San Mateo county works very well.
I got connected with a email and phone call and they were happy to have me help out.
Citizen participation affects my CP is huge. The EHU is non-profit and it needs volunteers all the time.
I believe to be a participant at EHU is by having some empathy to those who are having a little hard time with trying to get things on track. Anyone can participate and spend their time helping a store that provides hope to families here in the Bay.
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