Over the course of this quarter, fellow LCSers and I have been working on our Healthy Aging Project called, “Project ‘So Tell Me..’”. This project came about through the inspiration found on channels like Cut and/or Jubilee that ask a number of people to answer on the same topic i.e. their biggest pet peeve, their first kiss, etc. However, I wanted to curate a project that focused on the perspective of older adults. Thus, came about the video inspiration of asking some extraordinary older adults in our lives the question of, “What advice would you give to the younger generation?” This project was very interactive and incredibly fun to make from start to finish- from interviewing my lovely grandmother, to seeing the other LCSers interviews, and to editing. Watching the video I hope each and every older adult can see how beautiful and insightful they are. Also, by incorporating multiple languages and those of different backgrounds I hope this allows for a more multicultural audience. There was so much generational wisdom that was provided from each and every older adult, and I can not thank them enough for their participation. I hope to see this video and/or project continue either at its core (facilitating a conversation with an older adult in your life) or as it is in future LCS classes. This project was definitely limited due to COVID-19, for the goal was to ask many more seniors for their advice in the site visits that we were planning to go to. Therefore, I hope to see this project continue on later. This HAP has hopefully reached its aims of allowing the interviewees to be heard, creating a multicultural international piece, and offering a range of advice. I know by the end of the interview my grandmother could not beaming- I could not tell from the flattery of being asked to be interviewed or simply from having spent some quality time with one another.
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June 2020
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