Spring 2015 Dear Friends and Colleagues: In the University of Wisconsin-Parkside’s Community Based Learning (CBL) 101 course, students focus their efforts on learning about the scholarship and practice of community engagement in all of its many forms. Our curriculum explores what it means to be an engaged local and global citizen. Students are expected to perform 15 hours of community service and gain an understanding of their service through readings, reflection, classroom discussion, and a final project. Topic areas addressed in class range from educational attainment and mentoring, to how to build social and economic capital in the community. In class, we often discuss how reflection is a powerful way to experience and understand one’s service work. In this booklet, you will find excerpts from student reflection essays they agreed to share about their community engagement experiences over time - from pre-reflection (“getting started”), to midpoint reflection (“getting engaged”), to final reflections (“looking back”). We invite you to read through the reflections and see the positive impacts of community-based learning in the life of each student and in the communities they serve. The students were also given another assignment involving reflection. Here, students were tasked with choosing a place or object in the community to conduct a one hour silent observation. During and/or after the observation, students were asked to reflect upon what they observed, and write down the ten words they felt captured the essence of the place or object. From this assignment, you can get sense of how a short term interaction with a place or object in the local community can also be transformative. This booklet also includes a sampling of pictures of students’ service sites and their service work, favorite quotes from assigned readings, as well as listings of the class texts, community partners, and guest speakers. Enjoy the poetry and wisdom that our UW-Parkside CBL 101 Spring Semester 2015 students have to offer and wish to share, and know that they have made an impact on themselves and the communities they have served. Sincerely, Amanda DesLauriers Chris Zanowski CBL 101 Co-Instructors
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CBL 101 STUDENTS SPRING 2015 Nicole Anderle Ashley Erb Nathan Flynn Paul Hammond Kendall Johnson Sean Jones Katheryn Knoff Felice Leonard Maikou Lor Enrique Manjarrez Antoine Murry Kato Nichols Nicole O’Hearn Skyla Paulson Pernevlon Sheppard Kallie Shramek Robert Sorenson Megan Walden Bridget Walsh Dee Yang
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(top)“Very Welcoming” Dee Yang, Frank’s Neighborhood (bottom) “Harmony” Megan Walden, Safe Harbor Humane Society
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CBL 101 HOST SITES SPRING 2015 Boys and Girls Club, Kenosha Daybreak, Kenosha Eco-Justice Center, Racine ELCA Outreach Center of Kenosha Frank’s Neighborhood, Project Kenosha Hooved Animal Humane Society, Woodstock, IL John XXIII Educational Center, Racine Nifty Thrifty, Kenosha Petrifying Springs Park, Kenosha Pringle Nature Center, Bristol Riverbend Nature Center, Racine Safe Harbor Humane Society, Kenosha Shalom Center Food Pantry, Kenosha St. Catherine’s Hospital, Pleasant Prairie
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(top)“This is Where They Run the Program” Nicole Anderle, Daybreak, Kenosha (bottom) Nathan Flynn, Niffty Thrifty, Kenosha
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GETTING STARTED… I will be interacting with people with beginning and middle stage Alzheimer’s disease. We will be doing activities like playing games, and dancing, and just having some fun. I know that this is a terrible disease, and sometimes people just need someone to take their mind off of it for a little while. I just hope that I can be that person. Nicole Anderle, Service Site: Daybreak Kenosha The service site that I selected is the Hooved Animal Humane Society (HAHS) in Woodstock, Illinois. It is a humane society that takes in horses, donkeys, goats, and other hooved animals that are mistreated, malnourished, or relinquished due to the animals owner not being able to care for them any longer. I feel that while volunteering with the service site I will be able to work with the animals and the people that have made it their life to help the animals. I also feel that, although I enjoy working with animals, those I would be working with at the service site will give me a different outlook due to them coming from a different environment. The way that the animals react will probably be different, but I will still be able to learn and be able to see how my interactions with them can make a positive impact…I hope to learn a lot through this process, and I am glad that I get this opportunity. Ashley Erb, Service Site: Hooved Animal Humane Society I hope to use this service to gain more experience in a work environment. I hope by the end of my service to help Nifty Thrifty thrive and create more customers. My goal is to learn more about community service as a full time career and develop skills that could help me land a similar job in the future. I don’t know how I expect to feel. As I learned through my experience with community service at Harborside Academy, whenever you do community service work, it’s different every time. Nathan Flynn, Service Site: Nifty Thrifty I am very excited to be able to help out, and benefit my community. I will be serving at Petrifying Springs Park in Kenosha, Wisconsin. I look forward to contributing to my community, because I believe that it is my duty to help and do my part. Personally, I think that I am called to be a servant to my community and my earth, and to help maintain the planet that I live on. I assume that I will enjoy this work, and will feel good about how I am helping my community. I believe that everyone should contribute in any way that they can to help out with the saving of the environment. Not enough is being done to save the world we all live in. Paul Hammond, Service Site: Petrifying Springs Park
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I hope to be able to interact with children a little better than I usually do. I tend to be a little shy, and sometimes I assume that they already understand what I am talking about. Most of them do not, but I want to be able to connect with them, so they can remember it later on in life…I would like to be able to tutor children in math, because I am in a mathematics concepts class. My service can show me that I have confidence and experience with math problems, and I can assist the children that have trouble. I also hope to achieve better hands on technology skills, because children now use iPads and other technology. Kendall Johnson, Service Site: Boys and Girls Club, Kenosha I will be participating in the Pancake Breakfasts that they have every year in order to raise money to run the Nature Center. I imagine that I will be cooking and cleaning, maybe greeting people as they walk in. I think that I would meet and get to know people of many ages, especially the ones that have the same interests as me, so I will be able to learn and grow from them. I also think that I will have a sense of fulfillment when doing it. Katheryn Knoff, Service Site: Riverbend Nature Center I want my service work to provide more hope for the people that I serve. I have faith that my service provides warm words of encouragement if someone is having a bad day. I would like to gain even more passion to do even more in the community…I am optimistic that I will see progress that lets me know that we are getting better as a nation to make sure our families have the resources that they need, and that they will not follow through the cracks of a society that often times does not prioritize the needs of this population. Felice Leonard, Service Site: Shalom Center, Food Pantry Most of the volunteer work that I have done is with one day events or events that are with people that I know around the community. I think to go to a place like Frank’s Neighborhood will be eye opening to me. I am not sure what to expect. I hope that by going there, I can mentor kids and help them become better students… I hope by going to Frank’s Neighborhood it will open my mind and help me gain more knowledge about community work and the Kenosha and Racine area. Maikou Lor, Service Site: Frank’s Neighborhood I want to be civically engaged in my community, in addition to my work as an AmeriCorps VISTA Member through the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Nicole O’Hearn, Service Site: ELCA Outreach Center of Kenosha.
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Throughout this community service project, I hope to contribute to society. I want to contribute to children’s lives. Kids are shaped by their environment, and a lot of younger kids may not have the greatest home or perfect family. They might feel like the educational center is their second home…I’m hoping to learn a lot from this experience, so I don’t come back empty handed. Helping out with the kids’ homework and helping them solve their problems should make me a better listener and problem solver. The skills I will build throughout this experience are important to me, because I’m looking to become a counselor and they will be key to my personal growth. Enrique Manjarrez, Service Site: John XXIII Educational Center, Racine It is my dream to work in a hospital as a surgeon one day, so this will also support my journey and will interest me. I expect to learn and observe some useful tips, even if they are very basic skills in the industry. Kato Nichols, Service Site: St. Catherine’s Hospital From what I’ve been exposed to in class, specifically the reading expeditions, I have been prepped for this experience, and I feel I am going into it with a completely open mind…I didn’t even have an idea what community-based learning could mean! I’m so happy I’ve gotten the opportunity to be in the class and to do this assignment, because without the class I would never have sought this type of thing out on my own. Skyla Paulson, Service Site: John XXIII Educational Center, Racine I hope my service work will contribute to the lives of those in need of service and to have a better life. People always say that everyone has a fair chance at success, but I don’t necessarily believe in that, due to the fact that there are so many lowincome citizens. Some people have completely different obstacles that others will never understand or even see for themselves. Pernevlon Sheppard, Service Site: ELCA Outreach Center of Kenosha I chose the Pringle Nature Center to get involved with preserving our environment. I have always enjoyed the outdoors…Our community’s care with our environment helps preserve nature and to bring enjoyment to others. My concern is with how our generation interacts with nature. We are in an age where people have become less involved with nature and more concerned with technology. People overlook what is happening outside in nature. Kallie Shramek, Service Site: Pringle Nature Center
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While I volunteer, I expect to feel a sense of joy. Ever since I was little, I have enjoyed the outdoors…There is a sense of freedom when in nature. Plants and animal may have a structure, but they don’t have to worry about people telling them what to do. I expect to feel this freedom when I am working. I also think I will feel a sense of respect for all of the other people who volunteer and especially the people who will do it longer than myself…I am eager to begin working at the nature center, because I feel I will fit in well. I also think I have many strengths that can help achieve the goals of the nature center. Robert Sorenson, Service Site: Eco-Justice Center I hope I can gain experiences working with the animals, because I want to become a vet when I’m older. I want to learn how to properly take care of the animals they have in the shelter. Megan Walden, Service Site: Safe Harbor Humane Society I am hoping to learn what it is like to be at a nonprofit organization and the events that people put together to raise money for the organization. Also from this experience, I am hoping to develop social skills - for example, explaining the characteristics of the cat or dog that a potential owner is looking for. Bridget Walsh, Service Site: Safe Harbor Humane Society One of my learning goals is to help student success on any school subject. I want to be someone the students can trust. I know it will be hard at the beginning to build a relationship, but if I show the children I am friendly and willing to help, hopefully they will open up and share with me what they struggle with. While working with the students, I hope to learn what his/her techniques are to doing a particular subject. After I know his/her method, maybe I can help him/her develop new techniques to help him/her understand the subject better. Throughout helping, I hope to build friendships, a sense of belonging, and a connection to the student. Dee Yang, Service Site: Frank’s Neighborhood
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(top left) “Outside Cages for Dogs” Megan Walden, Safe Harbor Humane Society (top right) “Cleaning Trails” Paul Hammond, Petrifying Springs Park (bottom left) “Receiving Clean, Warm, Plates on Pancake Day” Katheryn Knoff, Riverbend Nature Center (bottom right) “Bread Section” Felice Leonard, Shalom Center, Food Pantry
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(top left) “New Sign Outside the Outreach Center” Nicole O’Hearn, ELCA Outreach Center of Kenosha (top right) “Where I Went to Go Volunteer” Maikou Lor, Frank’s Neighborhood (bottom) “Garlic Mustard I Was Going to Pick” Katheryn Knoff, Riverbend Nature Center
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GETTING ENGAGED Even though I am only one person, I can amount to thousands of others who want to help out the environment. I learned that my efforts are still making a contribution to the world. Kallie Shramek, Service Site: Pringle Nature Center …not every child may have grown up having something that I thought was simple like a coloring book. Though some of these students may not have had something like a coloring book, they are still very cheerful. It shows that there are other ways to have a fun and happy childhood without things like coloring books. Maikou Lor, Service Site: Frank’s Neighborhood I think one of the most eye-opening things about working in a hospital is the realization that people’s family members that you know can be in here…you realize how delicate life is. Kato Nichols, Service Site: St. Catherine’s Hospital I learned while working at Shalom that many clients chose foods that other people in their family would like over what they would have chosen. I thought that this was very considerate. The clients that I work with came from various backgrounds. Some have extensive families, others are single, and some have very small family units… The people we serve do not like coming to the pantry for food, but it is a necessary thing for them to do for survival, so I can understand if someone is having a bad day. In those situations, I do everything I can to make their experience pleasant. Felice Leonard, Service Site: Shalom Center, Food Pantry It was a great feeling, seeing that something as simple as a smile could change someone’s mood. This is how I learned not to forget how big the little things really can be. Katheryn Knoff, Service Site: Riverbend Nature Center There are defiantly benefits of doing community work. Before I started my work, I didn’t realize there were that many people that needed help in such a small area. I’m from a nice suburb where everyone is pretty well off, and I don’t really get to see people in need. It has changed my view on the world, because I learned that everything isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Everyone doesn’t have it easy and have a perfect life…Because of my service learning experience at this mid point, I am a better person. I became more caring and also more social. I’m really good at working the front desk, and I enjoy it a lot…I’ve learned that everyone comes from a different background, but it makes my day whenever I can make a client smile. Pernevlon Sheppard, Service Site: ELCA Outreach Center of Kenosha
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The very first day I went to volunteer, there was an older man that was talking to me about how he has been a volunteer for over ten years, and he plans to keep helping for as long as he can. As we continued to talk, he also told me how he has donated and helped run fundraisers and events. He had an impact on me and many of the people that work there, because he made me want to keep volunteering. Bridget Walsh, Service Site: Safe Harbor Humane Society Having to work with the [Hooved Animal Humane Society] and learn its history has been a great learning process. I would have thought that the organization depends on state and federal funding, but they do not. Instead, they depend on volunteering, fundraising, and donations. Ashley Erb, Service Site: Hooved Animal Humane Society I sort of thought that the children from poorer educational or living standards were going to be somehow different from other children. From the conversations I’ve had with children from John XXIII’ Center, they are concerned about the same things that I was when I was their age. Skyla Paulson, Service Site: John XXIII Educational Center, Racine My initial expectations walking in on my first day of service is that this food pantry would be highly unorganized, and the people there would not be very friendly. I was absolutely wrong. This food pantry is on the high end scale of all food pantries. It is almost set up as a local, free grocery store where the workers actually take good care in preserving all food that is donated to them. They simply do not just give these people anything. If we would not eat it ourselves, we simply do not put it out for others to get a hold of it…This has become an eye opening experience, because I could in fact be homeless or without food. So it is actually cool to be able to help those who are in these situations. There are a lot of people who come in to get food, from elderly to young adults who are around my age, which I find very surprising. This only means that you cannot stereotype the types of people, you think you will find in a homeless shelter as well as which you think should be getting help. Antoine Murry, Service Site: Shalom Center, Food Pantry At the midpoint of my service-learning experience, I am learning just how important community involvement is. These people really enjoy each of the volunteers that they get to spend time with every day. I also enjoy it too. You learn a lot of things from different people, and you know that you are making their day that much better even if it is only for a little while. Nicole Anderle, Service Site: Daybreak Kenosha
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Now that I am working with Frank’s Neighborhood Project, I want to do more for the community. After college, I knew I always wanted to work for a nonprofit organization, but working at Frank’s make me want to specify my career choices to focus on low-income families. I am thinking about joining AmeriCorps, because I want to experience different neighborhood and hopefully makes a difference. Working at Frank’s makes me want to help all the youth in the community and tell them that they too can succeed in the future if they put their hard work to it. Dee Yang, Service Site: Frank’s Neighborhood Working at Petrified Springs Park has been eye opening. First, I am shocked at all of the things that it takes to maintain a nature preserve like that. There are so many chores that need to be done. Paul Hammond, Service Site: Petrifying Springs Park
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(left) “Tires Dumped in Stream (Pike River)” Paul Hammond, Petrifying Springs Park (right) “Lunches Prepared for Clients” Pernevlon Sheppard, ELCA Outreach Center of Kenosha
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(top left) “Ace” Megan Walden, Safe Harbor Humane Society (top right) “Basketballs, Hula Hoops, and Cones” Dee Yang, Service Site: Frank’s Neighborhood (bottom) “A Little Girls’ Drawing” Dee Yang, Service Site: Frank’s Neighborhood
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LOOKING BACK… This experience has better prepared me for my future career as a nurse. I have a better understanding of this disease [Alzheimer’s] and how it effects people and how to deal with it. It takes a lot of patience, but it is worth it. This has inspired me to continue working with Daybreak so I can better develop my skills. I hope to bring them the same joy as they have brought me. Nicole Anderle, Service Site: Daybreak Kenosha I was also able to learn about myself. As I worked at the organization, I realized I have traits that allowed me to succeed in the work. I also enjoyed giving my time. I learned how flexible I was in doing different types of work that was asked from me. One day I would be cleaning the stalls and pastures, another day I would be grooming the horses or cleaning the pig’s area, then another day I would be helping fix the fence, because a horse ran another one through it. I learned how much of a self-starter I am, and how I am able to just see what needs to be done and do it. As I learned about myself, I also increased my associations between the service work and the class readings, lectures, and my life. Ashley Erb, Service Site: Hooved Animal Humane Society This service experience has somewhat changed my whole outlook on what exactly is a food pantry. The people that I worked with took great care in making sure that things were fresh and not too old to give to people. The people that volunteer at the Shalom Center Food Bank actually care about the people they are serving. I know this, because no one there gets paid, and yet every volunteer is there by 7:00 am. During my service work, I did a little of everything, from helping unload food that was being brought in to helping people with disabilities do there grocery shopping. I also helped them load the groceries into their vehicles and assisted those who are blind as well as those who just could not walk. I learned that just because you are blind that does not mean that you cannot complete simple tasks like bagging up your groceries. Antoine Murry, Service Site: Shalom Center, Food Pantry I think I learned how to deal with tough situations and handle people’s feelings more gently. You do not know if their child is in here, their grandfather, or if it is simply a checkup. Basically, you have no idea what people are going through. Kato Nichols, Service Site: St. Catherine’s Hospital I learned through my various jobs that when I’m put on a task, I can accomplish it and even go above what is necessary, if I can stay passionate about it. I also learned that I could easily interact with people regardless of their background. I expected for there to be a disconnect between me and some of the prisoners who volunteered there, but there wasn’t. Everyone there understood that they made mistakes and tried to move past them. It really taught me the virtue of community service. Nathan Flynn, Service Site: Nifty Thrifty
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I learned that I like working with the general public and getting people engaged in a cause that benefits the community…I felt that my accomplishments were important. Kallie Shramek, Service Site: Pringle Nature Center I thought that my service activity was a very good choice on my part, because it got me connected to people that will help me get to my future goals. It was a good step in the right direction for me, because I got to interact with the community. This service resonates well with our reading of Loeb chapter 12 where he states that “…we must find ways to savor the work itself, as well as the everyday richness of life” (p. 323). Katheryn Knoff, Service Site: Riverbend Nature Center By helping the families there, it has made me feel that I am now closer to a community that I would never have met had I not gone to Frank’s Neighborhood Project. Maikou Lor, Service Site: Frank’s Neighborhood The outcome of the project was a success, because I was able to help and encourage so many people. I think the clients benefited from me, because I’m the first worker there to actually sit down and have a conversation with them instead of hiding behind my computer screen. I made a difference by controlling the chaos when there was a rush. I also made a difference by serving food and having conversations with clients. Feeling like I made a difference in peoples’ lives makes me feel a lot better about myself. Pernevlon Sheppard, Service Site: ELCA Outreach Center of Kenosha My experience was educational and fun, so I will continue to volunteer at Safe Harbor. It makes me feel great about the work I am doing for the community and myself. I learned a lot about nonprofit organizations, and I hope to learn more about them and maybe try to become a part of one. -Bridget Walsh, Service Site: Safe Harbor Humane Society I felt with everything I did I really got to understand its purpose and that is to help protect the environment by conserving water and keeping the grounds clean also by keeping animals alive and continuing to use them for their resources such as chickens for their eggs and alpacas for their hair…After taking this class, I don’t know how people can’t get involved. Robert Sorenson, Service Site: Eco-Justice Center
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I was able to gain some clarity on what I would like to do with my life and what I would enjoy as a career. I am now considering studying something related to environmental preservation or maintenance. There is a bigger problem at hand than a few acres of forest preserve to protect. This is dealing with the earth. Our planet is in danger, and it is up to us to do something about it... From CommunityBased Learning, I learned that community service is not just something that I had to do for a class, but something that I want to do for myself, for the people around me, and for the environment, and generations to come. I would enjoy serving with this organization again. Paul Hammond, Service Site: Petrifying Springs Park When reflecting on my days of service at the Shalom Food Pantry, I am very grateful for my experience and the new skills that I learned. I learned about the many facets of service learning that I never thought existed before. I built new relationships with people that volunteered at the pantry. I will look back on this experience and the motivation that it gave me to serve others... I’ve looked into some CSAs which includes buying shares of produce directly from farmers. I was thinking that I could purchase a large share and donate part of it to the food pantry. I am looking into the urban garden network, and I’m thinking of growing a raised garden and donating the produce to the local food pantries. Overall, this experience was very enlightening and has encourage me to continue to engage in serving my community. Felice Leonard, Service Site: Shalom Center, Food Pantry I believe Frank’s Neighborhood has helped me create who I am and what I want to do with my career. “Sometimes social engagement can lead to unexpected career opportunities” (Loeb, 2010, p. 171). While volunteering at Frank’s Neighborhood, it made me realize that I truly want to work with children, because I believe I can become a mentor and expose them to opportunities they may had never thought of. I was never given that resource when I was confused with academic choices, so now I want to be that resource for other students. Dee Yang, Service Site: Frank’s Neighborhood
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(top left) “Crafts and Projects We Do in the Program” Nicole Anderle, Daybreak, Kenosha (top right) “My Shadow” Robert Sorenson, Eco-Justice Center (bottom left) “Where the Clients Receive Free Clothing” Pernevlon Sheppard, ELCA Outreach Center (bottom right) “Cody” Bridget Walsh, Safe Harbor Humane Society
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Paul Hammond WALGREENS PHARMACY Old | Suffering | Needy | Medicine | Helping Busy | Friendly | Tired | Thankful | Urgent For this assignment, I went to my workplace, Walgreens. I watched the way that people interacted and behaved. As I worked, I kept an eye on the pharmacy from a distance. I was encouraged to see that nearly every person who went to the pharmacy had an improved mood, or physical condition when they left. Of course only general attitudes and interactions were observed, and no private patient information was observed.
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Kendall Johnson BOWLING Holes | Glossy | Laughter | Bumper | Roll Cramping | Pain | Horribleness | Round | Focus In bowling, you have to focus on where the round ball needs to go. My friends and I achieve maximum horribleness with our laughter and the way we roll the ball. We should have used those railings (Bumpers).
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Katheryn Knoff CHICAGO AUTO SHOW Enthusiasm | Shiny | Excitement | Clean | Wants Fitment | Automobiles | Concepts | Rally | Classics I went to the Chicago Auto Show this weekend, and it was a pretty great experience. It’s the show where each car brand shows off most of their models. They include their classic cars and concept cars that aren’t even on the roads yet, the main reason I go, and even their specialized rally cars for racing and such. Mostly everyone there had wide eyes at most of the cars they got to sit in, especially the children.
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Felice Leonard CHURCH Inspiration | Peace | Acceptance | Repetitive | Hunger Wisdom | Need | Pride | Thwarted | Spirit I found it to be an interesting experience to observe the church. I’m usually involved, so it in a way takes me out of the self. I could focus more on all the members that make up the congregation, seeing the way visitors are treated. I could really see the way the members react to the entertainment-only clapping at the appropriate time. Visitors only stand when told and after the members stand.
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Maikou Lor WALMART Squeak | Chatter | Beeping | Carts crashing | Talking Babies crying | Friction of bags | Heels tapping | Yelling | Toilets flushing My experience was interesting. The things you never really paid attention to before seemed to really pop up. When you actually focus, there are actually a lot of things happening with people who are all so different yet similar, because they’re shopping here.
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Antoine Murry LORD OF HOSTS MINISTRIES Relaxation | Spiritual | Calmness | Peace | Harmony Free | Quiet | Deliverance | Healing I am currently at church. I have not been here in a very long time, but the way your mind and soul connects when you are there, it may seem as if you had never left. When you are going through things and feel that you have nowhere to go, just go to church and give it to God. He is a miracle worker that can help you solve all problems large or small.
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Kato Nichols RECPLEX Noisy | Friends | Racquetball | Sauna | Basketball Fitness | Swimming | Weightlifting | Lake | Fishing The gym, more specifically the RecPlex, is pretty loud on this Saturday. I see a lot of people that I know and I also used to work here so some former co-employees. When walking upstairs, I pass the racquetball courts, the sauna, and basketball courts. I walk up to the fitness center and walk over by the weights. Look down upon the multiple pools and see people swimming. Many people are already lifting, so I join in. Later on in the workout, I look out the window and see the lake and people fishing, more specifically, ice fishing.
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Nicole O’Hearn STARBUCKS Escape | Aromas | Chatting | Laughing | Families Students | Homework | Books | Discovery | Sanctuary As I entered, I was greeted by a warm atmosphere and a two-year toddler saying hello. Aromas of coffee and freshly baked goods filled the air. Newly released books lined the shelves waiting to be discovered. Customers navigated through the labyrinth of bookcases wherever their course took them.
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Skyla Paulson MOCHA LISA COFFEE HOUSE Warm | Aromatic | Home-Sweet-Home-Furniture | Relaxing Friendly | Lively | Engaging | Quaint | Cozy | Casual I liked just siting and observing. It was different, because I’m usually there with friends and talking or just grabbing my coffee and heading off for my day. The types of people that go there are all so down to earth (at least in that moment at their favorite coffee shop), and everyone treats Mocha Lisa like home. I also enjoy hearing other peoples’ conversations, so I enjoyed just seeing what others were talking about.
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Pernevlon Sheppard SLIP RIGHT INTO LOVE Freezing | Smiling | Hot Chocolate | Ice | Slipping Pictures | Hugging | Kissing | Coats | Buildings It was Valentine’s Day, so many couples in Chicago like to go downtown for a beautiful evening. The temperature was very low, so everyone there to skate was bundled up. People still had big smiles on their faces as they maneuvered around the ice. Some people, not being as experienced, took a few tumbles but at the end, everyone ended up being just fine.
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Kallie Shramek EATING OUT FOR THE NIGHT Friendly | Good-time fun | Crowded | Social | Classic/Old Fashioned Loud | Busy | Decorative | Locals | Family Environment My experience at the 75th Street Inn was entertaining. I saw lots of local people from the community and got to socialize with them. I got to experience the community all together in a common favorite spot for locals to get together and to have a good time with others.
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Robert Sorenson SMILEY CHURCH NURSERY Happy | Giggling | Smiley | Loud | Screaming Crying | Angry | Unstructured | Funny | Tumbling On Sunday, I went to Church. I went sat near my mom who works in the toddler nursery. I sat in the for whole hour. Kids were running around everywhere most of the time. They were all happy, until one decided they didn’t like what the other one was doing, so they would either cry or get mad. It also was very unstructured. The kids didn’t have a care in the world, so why would order matter to them. This was a very interesting experience, and it really gave me an opportunity to see the nursery in a big picture.
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Megan Walden COMMON GROUNDS Coffee | Tables | Relaxing | Sweets | Friendly Barista | Drink | Books | Latte | Conversation I chose these words, because I felt like they were the main things that I saw and felt while I was in Common Grounds. When I went there, I saw a lot of people eating muffins and cookies along with drinking coffee or smoothies. It was a relaxing experience, because everyone in there was super nice. Some of the people in there were reading books, and some people were holding a conversation. I went there, because I like coffee shops, and I wanted to go to a place where I haven’t been.
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Bridget Walsh KENOSHA PUBLIC LIBRARY Quiet | Diversity | Community | Welcoming | Organized Inspiring | Enriching | Sharing | Resourceful | Informative I choose to go to the Kenosha Public Library for this project, because it is considered the central point of the community. The first word I chose was quiet. I chose this word, because one of the rules for any library is to stay quiet and be respectful of others around you. The second word is diversity. This word defines the library, because you see so many different people from race to age. The third and fourth words are community and welcoming. These words also define the library, because anyone in the community is welcome to use the resources as well as the computers. The fifth word, organized, defines the library, because they have all their aisles and sections labeled to make it easier to find the book you are looking for. The library holds multiple events, such as children’s night where kids can go in and hear stories read to them. These kinds of events have such a big impact, which leads to my sixth word inspiring. The seventh word on my list is enriching. I used this word, because books are expensive, and at the library, anyone can rent them for free for about a month and a half. One of the rules at the Kenosha Library is you can only renew a book three times, which is good, because some people want to keep checking out books when there are other people that may want to read that book. That’s where my eighth word sharing comes from. My last two words, Resourceful and Informative, are included in the list, because there are always signs posted to show upcoming events and some of the books they have as well are informative depending on what you are looking for. For example, home repair books and world coins.
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Dee Yang THE GATHERING Social | Loud | Aggressive | Thoughtful | Competitive Fun | Imaginative | Playful | Long | Friendship I do not play the card game “Magic: The Gathering�, but my husband, all his cousins, and friends are big fans. This past Thursday, I decided to sit in on one of their tournaments hosted by my husband and his brother in their store, located in Milwaukee, WI. I just wanted to see why everyone was so excited to take time off just to gather around for some cards. To me, it was very long, boring at times, and dragging. But to my surprise, this tournament taught me patience, some rules of the game, and to never judge a competitive, aggressive, and imaginative game until you attend a tournament and know how hyped all the players can get. Overall it was fun watching people argue about rules, regulations, points, and how people come up with their strategies to kill their components.
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CBL 101 COURSE CONTRIBUTORS SPRING 2015 Bev Baker Department Head/Family Living Educator Racine County UW-Extension Bob Beezat Author and Community Organizer Consuelo Clemens Associate Director UW-Parkside Center for International Studies Debra Karp Interim Executive Director UW-Parkside Continuing Education and Community Engagement Kate Kirbie Assistant to the Director Eco-Justice Center Valerie Mann Naturalist Pringle Nature Center Amy Misurelli-Sorensen Gallery Director and Curator UW-Parkside Galleries Will Reichardt Regional Recruitment Manager City Year Milwaukee Helen Rosenberg Professor of Sociology UW-Parkside Caitlyn White Leader UW-Parkside VISTA Project
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CBL 101 COURSE TEXTS/SELECTED READINGS SPRING 2015 Texts
Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time by Paul Rogat Loeb
Sample readings from: The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones Experience and Education by John Dewey The Civically Engaged Reader by Adam Davis and Elizabeth Lynn The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry by Sue Annis Hammond The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children by Gloria Ladson-Billings Knowing and Loving: The Keys to Real Happiness by Robert Beezat Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein The Mending Wall by Robert Frost Introduction to Community Development: Theory, Practice and ServiceLearning, edited by Jerry W. Robinson Johnson, Jr. and Gary Paul Green, 2011 The Call of Service by Robert Coles, Mariner Books, 1994
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