For this week's class, we first debriefed about visiting the LGBT Center in Hillcrest. Everyone went around and shared the stories they had heard. Afterwards, we went over rough drafts of HAP posters. For my group, we went over our Walk-a-thon. Our overview is that we are studying the healthy aging process, how we can achieve overall happiness, wellness, and fitness in our elder years and what policies, activities, or events we can implement to promote healthy aging. The goals of our project are to promote healthy living and fitness, to create a fun activity that would bring generations together, and to increase a sense of intergenerational connection to the San Diego community. Our event is on June 1st at the Balboa Park Senior Lounge. It will be a 1.5 mile walk. Our methods include event promotion via Facebook email to clubs, sororities, local walking groups, and the LCS website. We will have a feedback survey for people to fill out to gather results. Our results will include how many people came, length of time of the walk, what the environment was like, data charts or graphs, outcome of the project as well as photos from the event. We then went over everyone's Debunking Ageism projects. I saw a lot of infographics, blogs, pamphlets, and social media pages. I really liked the 0 to 100 video showing people counting numbers at the age they were at. I also really liked the memes people created about aging and the stereotypes around the aging population.
For today's class, we visited the LGBT Community Center in Hillcrest. There weren't a lot of students today because the trip was from 11am-2pm instead of the usual time. I really liked the architecture of the center. I talked to a guy named Dan, who visits the center monthly by bus. He is originally from Ohio. He was in the Navy for a couple years and while in the Navy, he was able to travel to different places around the world. He said he decided to join the Navy because he didn't have that many other options and it was a good way to travel. He's been to France, Germany and the Phillippines. He mentioned that he got to see the Notre Dame in France before it became the state it is in currently. He's also been to the Louvre Museum but he mentioned that by the time he arrived, every wing had closed except the Egyptian wing. He's also been to the British Library in London, where he got to see mauscripts, and music sheets from the Beatles. Everyone got a chance to share what they had discussed at each other's tables and I liked hearing what everyone had to say. We also enjoyed Chinese food from Royal Mandarin Restaurant and it was delicious. We all watched the youtube video for Man in the Mirror at the end too, and then took a group photo outside. I enjoyed going to the Center today, and would like to come back sometime.
For this week's class, the second book presentation for Happiness is a Choice You Make happened. We also debriefed about going back to the Gary and Mary West Center, and it was nice going around hearing what everyone had to say about the interactions tehy had. Our Debunking Ageism projects were also due today. Victoria and I created a website blog for our project to debunk the stereotype of seniors not understanding technology, specifically the usage of an iPhone. We used the website to share a guide that 2 seniors (iPhone specialists) wrote to help other seniors understand how to use an iPhone. We covered topics such as how to text message, call, personalize home/lock screens, Facetime, and download apps. For our last blog, we shared some facts that debunk the stereotypes of elders being technophobes. It was a lot of fun making the website and also took time. Professor Bussell also went over how to create our Healthy Aging Project posters that we will be eventually presenting at the end of the quarter and and the do's and don'ts of creating a standout poster. We didn't have time to provide peer feedback on the Debunking Ageism projects, but we did have more time to work on our intergenerational walking event that will be happening on June 1st. We have already finalized materials and are still finalizing a t shirt design. People from walking groups have already RSVPed on the google form created, which is wonderful. Everything is coming together nicely.
For this week's class, we headed back to the Gary and Mary West Center. I talked to an older woman named Joy Sun, who is 76 years old. I learned a lot about her from the conversation we had. She came to America in 2003 and has 2 daughters, one who lives in Seattle and one who lives in Washington D.C. Her husband passed away so she lives by herself, but Gary and Mary Center is considered her second home. She enjoys coming to the Gary and Mary West Center to volunteer and has 5-6 best friends at the Center. She also likes that Gary and Mary West Center has a lot of activites and they always air a travel show on the tv, which she really likes to watch. She also enjoys walking, reading books, watching tv and talking to people. She doesn't like cooking though. She actually chose her name because she is always happy. She loves living in San Diego best because of the wonderful weather and all of her friends that live in San Diego too. She has traveled to many places all over the United States, some of which include New York, Florida, Nevada, and Colorado. She has also been out of the country to France, Australia, Italy, and New Zealand. She also went to school in Beijing and met her husband there (who has passed away). What was really awesome about this experience this time around was that I was translating for people listening to her, and was able to communicate with her in Mandarin Chinese. It gave a sense of closeness and the interaction was so much more meaningful.
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