[didi] Thinking about Important Issues
I haven't watched the Youth Venture Outreach video yet, but I was given a handout about some of the issues covered including poverty, war, homelessness and education. I took some time to think about how I might form a venture for the DIDI Initiative around these issues and this is what I came up with.
Poverty-I can relate to poverty in some ways to my own neighborhood by knowing people struggling to pay their bills and not having enough to eat and in some kind of debt. I can start helping the problem by trying to have like a fundraiser or like a loan source to hep them out until they get back on their feet. I would be involved by trying to put up posters and tell people to donate to the people in need. It can be ongoing by having volunteers coming and helping.
War-The war against Baghdad. Okay, they keep killing our troops and the troops miss their families. I can come up with a protest to try to bring some of our troops home. I would be involved by coming to rallys to support what they are trying to do.
Homelessness-There is homelessness everywhere but I can contribute to it by giving money to them or trying to give them something to eat. I will also try to raise money or wash cars for them to have a place to stay. It can improve our community by being healthy and clean and good citizens. It can be sustainable by different people coming and helping them out.
Education-The fact that everybody is dropping out of school like me and getting a GED. . .we can try to have tutoring volunteers and start an organization to help them continue what they are doing and so our community can be smarter and if they dropped out they can come to this place to learn.
