: During the semester, I participated in serval service-learning events which have broaden my insight on issues within my community. I participated in service-learning events held by Faith in Fresno. The overall mission statement of Faith in Fresno is to “…unlock the power of people to put faith into action in the public square, and to advance a movement for racial justice and health equity.” The community service related events I participated in were Day of Action and Rapid Response Training, which were held by Faith in Fresno. I served two hours at the Rapid Response Training. Faith in Fresno’s mission for this event was “meant to mobilize the community to stop deportations and support impacted communities.” During this event, I interacted
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I interacted with other individuals from my community. These two events relate back to the readings that we had in the course. In the Rapid Response Training, for example, what I saw there reminds me of the section from Paul Loeb in Soul of a Citizen, when he mentions, “step by step, breaking down our goals into manageable tasks…Nothing gets accomplished when we try to do everything at once” (Loeb 64). This quote takes me back to how Faith in Fresno broke down the training into different tasks and even broke down those tasks into smaller tasks making their message much simpler to understand. The people that attended were divided among three groups and each oversaw one task, and each group broke that task down into smaller tasks. These smaller tasks were easier to manage, therefore, making the whole training much simpler to understand and …show more content…
We take action despite our fears and less-than-perfect preparation” (Loeb 61). This quote reminds me of Day of Action because when we were on the bus, there were immigrants and Muslims on board with us coming to fight for their rights. I remember a man on the bus saying that he was an immigrant, but he still came to rally regardless of the fear that he had within him. This just comes to show how people overcome their fears and take action for their families and the people around them who are also living in fear. “Often our effort may yield few clear or immediate results. Our victories will almost always be partial” (Loeb 105). This quote relates back to Day of Action because when we finished the rally and went home, I started to reflect on what took place, I ended up feeling like we did not get much done because the senators did not want to hear us. Even after checking the news a couple of days, I still did not see any sign of the bill being passed. I needed to remind myself; this is only part of the action, but even though I might have felt that little came out of it, I was wrong because this was the starting point in which change was going to
I interacted with other individuals from my community. These two events relate back to the readings that we had in the course. In the Rapid Response Training, for example, what I saw there reminds me of the section from Paul Loeb in Soul of a Citizen, when he mentions, “step by step, breaking down our goals into manageable tasks…Nothing gets accomplished when we try to do everything at once” (Loeb 64). This quote takes me back to how Faith in Fresno broke down the training into different tasks and even broke down those tasks into smaller tasks making their message much simpler to understand. The people that attended were divided among three groups and each oversaw one task, and each group broke that task down into smaller tasks. These smaller tasks were easier to manage, therefore, making the whole training much simpler to understand and …show more content…
We take action despite our fears and less-than-perfect preparation” (Loeb 61). This quote reminds me of Day of Action because when we were on the bus, there were immigrants and Muslims on board with us coming to fight for their rights. I remember a man on the bus saying that he was an immigrant, but he still came to rally regardless of the fear that he had within him. This just comes to show how people overcome their fears and take action for their families and the people around them who are also living in fear. “Often our effort may yield few clear or immediate results. Our victories will almost always be partial” (Loeb 105). This quote relates back to Day of Action because when we finished the rally and went home, I started to reflect on what took place, I ended up feeling like we did not get much done because the senators did not want to hear us. Even after checking the news a couple of days, I still did not see any sign of the bill being passed. I needed to remind myself; this is only part of the action, but even though I might have felt that little came out of it, I was wrong because this was the starting point in which change was going to