The amazing Spring weather has come and blessed California with warmth and blooms of the local flowers; however, that also means a new quarter filled with possible challenges and triumphs. For Life Course Scholars, we got the ball rolling from where we left off from last quarter. Immediately, we had to finish multiple tasks to for our Healthy Aging Project (HAP). Kiela and I were in charge of contacting and reaching out to our partners. Unfortunately, I have still not received any communication back, but Kiela was able to which is exciting! Katlyn also made an amazing flyer to go alongside with the event which the person Kiela contacted gave some feedback about the flyer, and Katlyn changed it accordingly. In addition to our HAP we all have a class HAP that we are all working on together—hopefully we can get more people to sign-up at that event—Age-Friendly Neighborhood Assessment, Debunking Ageist Stereotypes Project, and reading Happiness Is a Choice You Make by John Leland in a book club fashion. As I am reading the book, it seems that Leland does not focus on many intersections, rather he focuses through more of a privileged lens. Leland makes many generalized statements that aren’t nuanced in many ways. One thing that especially stuck with me from our discussions is when Professor Lewis talked about how Professor Rabinowitz-Bussell and herself tried to look for books with more voices and a book that was not just all trauma or generalizations but could not find many.
As the nation is pushing for a more faster way to open everything up more, I cannot wait for it. On the other hand, it is going to be very interesting to seeing everyone interacting with everyone after all the virtual communication like we have with Mary at one of our partner sites which has been great
As the nation is pushing for a more faster way to open everything up more, I cannot wait for it. On the other hand, it is going to be very interesting to seeing everyone interacting with everyone after all the virtual communication like we have with Mary at one of our partner sites which has been great