Planning the event with other scholars was a fun process. Music and dance. I’d say they danced incredible! The crowning of the senior prom king and queen were so adorable together. The singing performance radiated so much light and positivity. The senior performers were jolly and passionate as they sang a couple of songs. As I was going around the room I approached a table. An elder woman kindly held my hand and said, “beautiful girl”! This gesture is usually associated with family greetings and reminded me of how my grandma greets me when I visited her as a kid. I felt comfortable enough to the point where the conversations naturally flowed. Throughout the interaction among the group of seniors. An opportunity for any age group to interact with the senior population.
Music “Hot Pursuit” did an amazing job providing the musical classics. The photo booth was a nice addition to the event. Most of the seniors enjoyed themselves in the dance floor. The seniors dressed up with their vintage theme clothing. Being part of the greeting at the entrance of the red carpet was so much fun and seeing the seniors happy and feeling positive made the room bright. Interacting with the seniors. They were guiding my classmates and I how to dance. I am not a good dancer myself, with their guidance and optimism they made it feel comfortable and easy to follow.
During this class session we discussed about the planning arrangements for the Senior Prom for both Casa de Manana and Mary West Center. Photo Booth, T-Dance, food, music from the seniors time period, such as the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, decorations, assembly line to grab food. Figure out the role before hand. Interact with the seniors and converse with community members. I also was in charge of making a flyer for the senior prom which is title LCS Program presents: Night on the Red Carpet with an Oscar theme for Casa Manana. Also, the decorations will be Saint Patrick’s day theme for Mary West Center. During class we discussed the type of prizes the seniors can possibly win in the raffle and the awards trophies recognition for a couple seniors for their personality or talent.
During class we talked about Book presentation This Chair Rocks. During the presentation my group members discussed about how the author Ashton Applewhite advocates that people should be aware about agesim around them and embrace about growing older. In class we also addressed the issue about ageism, which is a socially constructed idea that has changed overtime that serves a social and economic purpose. In addition, we also addressed how people can experience agesim by being called “too old” or people making a judgement based on a persons age. We also connected with the book Selling the Foundation of Youth about the terms how taking advantage of the negative ideals of ageism and using beauty anti-aging products to appear young and youthful looking to avoid the natural aging process.
During class we discussed about looking into community planning groups to look into the specifics of land use, zoning policies etc. maps, demographic, outlines the specific area, caption why is it important. Went over method how we can get data through SANDAG, UCSD Social Explorer to investigate specific traits about the site in its boundary, and benchmark data. The professor’s also gave advice how to explore and investigate more about the site. For example, if my group had a site at Downtown East Village. We can investigate about the older housing units, expand out of land use changes. It was also mentioned that it’s important to give contrast to other sites and compare how each site are different
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June 2018
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