Group Presentations

This week has been full of interesting presentations dealing with issues affecting our community. It has brought a lot of awareness not only to me but to the rest of the class. Every group so far presented a lot of interesting facts and statistics dealing with their particular issue. It has affected me in a way that i want to participate with every issue that i have seen so far.

Project H had a lot to say. I didn't realize the statistics dealing with homelessness around the Austin area. It was also tough hearing the stories as to why many of them were currently homeless and dealing with the issues they faced on the streets. It got me thinking about the women. What happens when they're on their period? Or how do they protect themselves on the streets from the aggressive men It was scary thinking about what these women face. I knew that if i was in that position I wouldn't know what to do or who could help me. I became thankful for everything i am blessed to have and the people i have in my life that if i were to be put in that position that i would have somewhere to live. After listening to their presentation i felt myself wanting to not only help the women but the other homeless people that occupy Austin. I would love to work with them in the future.

After Work Activism is a group that basically puts everyone's desires to help the community together on a website that puts out awareness to the public so they can become apart of it too. I found their presentation very entertaining and quite shocking after watching the videos that they posted. I couldn't believe some of the things i heard about the education system from some of the people running for representation. I'm glad i know that information now and my vote will not be for them. This group is like a melting pot of ideas that every group can present their information and action plans that they want to pursue. It gives everybody the perfect opportunity to get the word out and they did a great job with this.

Executive Orders was also another interesting presentation. Ok I'm not going to lie i have no idea what an executive idea and if i wanted to know i would just search online for it. But after the presentation i found that it's not as easy as i thought. You would think that you can find EVERYTHING on good but obviously that is not the case. I found their interviews funny and interesting to hear what other people had to say about the issue. Overall they had a great presentation.

Educational Disparities was my group. We found that the community does play a role in the outcome of the student's education. Comparing a very poor area that contained Reagan High school to the wealthy area of Bowie High school just showed you the obvious differences. It was shocking to find out that the teachers at Reagan were using history textbooks that were outdated by 6 years. yeah i said it, 6 years!!!! can you believe that? the only reason for that is because they don't have the finances and resources for new material. Now at Bowie that was not the case. Of course they had the newest edition of books and many other services that prepared them for college. I mean Reagan had prep programs for college but kids there really didnt take it serious as the kids at Bowie did. It just shows you how the education system is now a days. Hopefully we can change that one day and we plan too. Me and Caty plan to go all out with the program Suena. Hopefully it proves to be a great success!


Overall these past couple of presentations have been full of information leaving with you the potential to help out the community and make a difference. I cant wait to hear what the other groups have to say!