Today in class, we were able to receive feedback on our rough draft HAP posters and individually show our Debunking Ageism creative projects. I am part of an amazing team to help with the process of planning the intergenerational Walk-a-thon on June 1st. The "Walks of Life" walk-a-thon will bring together many elder walking groups and UCSD students to share a love for life, health, and happiness across the age spectrum. So far, we have 33 RSVP's for the event, so it should be a great turnout. For our poster, we could not show any data evidence because the event has not happened yet, so one of the critiques was to ensure we effectively communicated our data and used a good medium to do that (bar graphs). Another critique we had was to make our headings bigger and more bold, because they were similar sizes to the text of the descriptions. We want this poster to stand out at the Healthy Aging Symposium, so we will make these corrections to make sure the poster is effective and inviting.
I also very much enjoyed reciting my Debunking Ageism spoken word. This creative project took me some time and thought to write, and it was nice to be able to do two things I love at once (motivational speaking and public health education). Seeing everybody else's creative projects to debunk ageist stereotypes was incredible, as it reinvigorated a collective interest to make sure that we as a class can do what we can to support our elders in our communities.
I also very much enjoyed reciting my Debunking Ageism spoken word. This creative project took me some time and thought to write, and it was nice to be able to do two things I love at once (motivational speaking and public health education). Seeing everybody else's creative projects to debunk ageist stereotypes was incredible, as it reinvigorated a collective interest to make sure that we as a class can do what we can to support our elders in our communities.