One of my field advisors, Richelle, shared with me this wonderful event that talk about climate change education for young children. I was very stunned to see educational practices that focus on children around ...
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These two weeks consisted of browsing an architectural database my advisor provided me and forming my final presentation. The database I used was full of innovative, interesting, and environmentally friendly designs that contain ideas ...
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About last week. Last week was a fun and engaging week especially for the youth I am working with. The topic was food, and more particularly, food apartheid. We started off with a review ...
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It’s fair week! Since the fair started on Tuesday, I went into the office Monday to do some final flyer and puzzle piece printing and gathering of materials to prepare. Then, from Tuesday to ...
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This week presented some new challenges as my boss, Rachel, was away. She left me well-prepared to lead the group, but the students and I felt her absence. It made me appreciate everything she ...
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On this blog I will be talking about what we did and worked on on last week. Hitting a little closer to where they are, we covered the topic of education and education disparities ...
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After getting sick of merely making infographics, I finally got into contact with my faculty mentor, a professor in the architecture school, to assist me in directing my focus towards the barn itself. First, ...
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With the fair one week away, this week included a lot of final preparations for it. I followed up with some past Act for Change program members about speaking with the elected officials at ...
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This week, I was able to finalize the activity I was planning for the Act for Change table at the Ulster County Fair. We decided to have fairgoers decorate a puzzle piece with things ...
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My first week was relatively short due to the 4th of July holiday, so I will be combining it with week 2. The first few days were mainly for me to get acclimated with ...
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We started out our week at the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. While we were picking up litter, some of the students spoke about their weekend at the carnival and how they couldn’t even ...
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This week was our first time at the MK Gandhi Institute for Non-Violence. It’s such a wonderful place with an incredible staff. What started as a run-down house was turned into a beautiful, warm, ...
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