Update For 02/14/13

Running time: 7 hrs Total hours: 7
So far at this point I still remain with a total of seven hrs total. I have been keeping in touch with my mentor through phone calls and email. We plan on meeting again during the four day weekend in order for me to complete more hours and learn about the facility and her work environment. Due to either transportation problems or difficulty scheduling a time that can work for both of us I am still trying to work around her schedule to find mentoring time that is reasonable for her. Hopefully I will be able too attend a workshop with my mentor as soon as possible but until then, I will keep everything posted as far as getting more hours done.

Hours for 01/26/13

Hours running: 4 Total hrs: 7
Last Saturday January 26th My mentor and I met up with my job for a total of 4 hrs to basically discuss and get more information on the work she does and responsibilities she must take on. She then gave me a tour of her work facility. There work office is fair sized and separate from another room. They have a storage room full of snacks and its also connected to where they have meetings with there clients to discuss personal business. They have one elevator that fits a maximum of two people and a long winding staircase. The building doors are labeled by suites and for the most part, the building is convenient as to being near many other busineses and stores. The building is located between 16th an mission and Valencia Street in San Francisco. This is really beginning to become an interest to me the more hours I'm able to attend and learn about this non profit organization.

Hours for 01/18/13

Hours running: 3 Total hours: 3

Lastnight I attended A "At The Crossroads" event party for the people who are donaters to the At The Crossroads organization. There i spent time with my mentor shadowing her from 7pm-10pm. There I visited all the stations they had set up that taught the people more about the goals of their organization, getting more familiar with the staff & their daily basis job, and even some background information on certain clients. They gave out free stickers, pens, posters, and food for the people who took the time to attend this event held on harrison street. The start of gaining my 25 hours. Here we go.

Fiscal Cliff Response

[A]  In the house of representatives there are two main sides, Democratic and Republican. These two main sides both represent for different individuals and bases their decisons off of the peoples needs and personal beliefs. For example, the postion of a Democratic representative provides more for the people and takes the time to listen to what people want, and try to make it happen. They believe in moreso of equality for all and recognizing how to distribute money but also knowing how to take away from irrelevant events rather as to taking away from the important and neccasary events. Then on the other hand, you have Republicans, which hold more of an opposite interest then democratic views and rather try to select the strongest reublican representative running for office that they feel is trustworthy enough to hold their power, make the decisons, and steer them in what they think is the right direction.


[B.]  Since using Google, Bing, and Internet explorerer is such a basic and widespread media that offers many options for your search, in order to research the main point and hit the main topics, the search needed to be narrowed down. One technique i used to limit my search was to look up certain words and only would type in the main words i would be trying to get information on. For example, "Republican party" or "Democratic party"then from the results given, i would try and exclude irrelevant sites that are known for giving off false information. Another basic way i used to get certain information would be to ask a specific question with keys words as to "who, what, where,when," etc...

[C.] 

http://www.garymcleod.org/republic.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/30/fiscal-cliff-social-security-chained-cpi_n_2385623.html
http://www.democrats.org/

First Capstone Project Blog.

For my capstone project, i plan on finding a mentor for Outreach from an organization in SF called At The Crossroads. There i hope to gain experience and put in my hours with some of the activities there.

I have spoken to a few of the workers there, and i hope to get into contact with them soon to see about finding a mentor for the project.

I am looking forward to doing youth OUTREACH on the streets of SF.


Will keep you posted . . .