WEEK 2 Before I dive into sharing my internship experience, I have to brag about the OCEP staff. They truly have been amazing, not only have they made themselves available to mentor, but have adopted us as their own (that is how I feel). Please meet the wonderful OCEP staff: https://www.usf.edu/engagement/about/about_us.aspx Last week I went to a couple of interesting meetings. The first one was the Refugee Task Force. Here, community agencies gather together to bring awareness on important issues affecting refugees. Some topics were, but not limited to, refugee children being bullied at school, lack of adult employment and education. The Refugee Task Force works with community partners to propel this population for a brighter and successful future. I also sat in the University Area Impact Awards committee meeting. This is where individuals are recognized and awarded for their impact within the community area. This internship has enhanced my awareness that involvement = change. Oh! I must not forget. I also went to the Feed-A-Bull Food Pantry. Yes! We have one and is free to all students. I got some cereals, toothpaste, can food, etc... Go check it out! No shame here!
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First week of my internship down, 14 more to go! Within the first week, I have learned about the inter-workings of a macro setting position. Before coming into this internship, I knew that the micro setting would not be the best option for me. The thought of having to interview clients intimidated me to a great degree. After the first week of seeing how the OCEP collaborate with various organizations, I know that I am on the right path in my career. One of the highlights from this week was being able to dive more into my criminal justice passion. Thanks to one of the amazing employees in the office, I learned about a grad student here at USF who piloted a program where they go into a local prison and teach creative writing to the inmates in the facility. Being able to help with this project, I learned that Florida has the third largest prison population in the United States but also have very little educational programs for their inmates. If I had not took the chance to participate in this project, I would have received this information at a later time in my career. Continuing on with the criminal justice aspect, I was also able to research more on the Prison Strikes that are taking place now across the States. I hope to be able to write a post surrounding the dynamics of that as well later in the week. Below I have a few links supporting the stats I found and a brief introduction to the Prison Strikes. All in all, the first week has been a great learning opportunity and I look forward to the many new things I will be learning in the weeks to follow! http://www.dc.state.fl.us/about.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/us/national-prison-strike-2018.html ~JQ "Movin' to the rhythm of my intuition anything I want I speak into existence" - Russ For the next few months, we will be writing posts to share our experiences inside the office. We have some major events coming up that we are excited to attend! Some of these events includes the End Human Trafficking that will be taking place September 7th and the Sunshine Summit that will be October 29th and 30th. Stay tuned to hear all about the crazy adventures we will be getting into!
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