Guest Blog: Adriana Gomez
Today are words from one of our newest fellows, Adriana Gomez, a UCSB student:The program that I plan to develop already exists, but I hope to revive it for it has been dormant in the last two years due to funding. Through the resources that the Educational Program for Cultural Awareness left behind, I plan to have a series of workshops and events addressing issues regarding cultural awareness from several different aspects, particularly race, gender and sexual orientation. The workshops will provide the safe space for dialogue to happen, as well as a plan of action toward the –isms ineffectively attached to these issues. The plan of action will include trainings for interested students and community members on such issues to make sure that the information acquired from the workshops is spread.
With the assistance of the Forest Foundation, this program could and will eventually grow outside of the UCSB community, bringing these issues to the high school level and to local organizations. But, it will not only help the program grow and continue well after I have left it, but it will help me grow as a better communicator. Communication will be key throughout the program I hope to develop, and through the trainings, guidance and support that the foundation will provide, that growth within me will be expressed through the hopeful success and continuation of this program.
posted by forest foundation @ 10:29 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home