Promising Practices

i attended the workshop "if you're safe and you know it clap your hands" by Dr. August. She was a very nice person and she seemed like she put alot of effort into preparing for that workshop, but i didn't find it that interesting. i felt more like i was in class rather than a workshop. she tried to make it engaging but the topic was just pretty boring and it didnt catch my attention. But i know she tried to make it fun, and she seems lie a very nice professor.

i also attended the workshop that the group "youth in action" hosted. i lved it. it was extremely entertaining and fun and we, well i, learned and saw alot of new cool things. they even showed a video of them doing a test on professors at Roger Williams University, which was extremely funny.

i also presented on the topic of cultural competency, I was so nervous to present I didn't even read off my paper, yet i said everything that was on my paper. everyone told me i didn't i even look nervous which is good. i am glad i chose to present. i felt good after, proud, accomplished, and even though it wasn't anything out of this world, i sort of felt important. Especially since we also had to get all dressed up and stuff. click here for a website that is all about cultural competence

the youth in action workshop related to the text where, i forgot which author, you have to be able to say the words in order to start making a change. youth in action works with schools and community related things where there is poverty, or just ANY situation that needs attention. they are even trying to get bus passes for students who live less than 3miles away, because the district does not understand that even people who dont love 3 miles away, can still live far enough for it to be too long of a walk.

click here for youth in action website

i think my first workshop with Dr. August was more of a Delpit thing. where the workshop was about kids need to feel safe in order to learn. kids who idntify themselves as LGBT must need to also feel safe. click here