What is the best awareness tool that can be used to reduce the risk of being abused in an intimate partner relationship?
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Blog One: Summer Mentorship Component
Mentorship
Literal (Know)
I began my service learning at House of Ruth on August 8th. On the first day I put together training binders and made sure they were all "perfect", I worked from 11-3. The second time I worked was for 2 hours on the 14th. I had homework, which was to read some articles she emailed me so when I first got there we went over the articles and asked my opinion. Then I retyped some information that went into the binders and copied and filed papers. My third day was the 16th, I had homework before then as well where I had to read a chapter of a book she gave me and write a summary, when I got there we discussed the chapter and she gave me more information about House of Ruth. After that I finished some more binders and scanned papers. I worked for 2 hours. My last day of my ten hours was the 21st. I had to read two more chapters and we talked about those for a bit then I copied pages out of books she wants me to read and then I revised the "master" binder I worked for two hours. In total, I worked 10 hours. My mentor is Marina Wood. (909) 868-8010 or mwood@houseofruth.inc.org
Literal (Need to Know)
Some questions that were raised would be about general information about House of Ruth, like who started it and why. Also, more detail about what is done for the victims they take in. Marina explained a lot to me about what they do at House of Ruth and the different things they do and are involved in so it would be nice to know more about events they are started. She also told me how men are not really involved with House of Ruth and how there are not many volunteers that are guys so finding a way to get men more involved would be helpful and learning different and new ways to advertise the organization so more people know about it because it is greatly needed.
The most important thing I gained from this experience would be all of the information I was given. I realized how big of a problem domestic violence is and how more people need to be informed about it. I have only done 10 hours there and I have already learned so much! My mentor is very informative and helpful towards my project.
The way I picked my topic was very randomly. My boyfriend and I were swimming one night and he was telling me about senior year since he already graduated and I still hadn’t picked my topic yet. We sat there and just threw out different topic ideas and the general idea of like “women” was thrown out and I remembered that my grandma had mentioned House of Ruth before and I asked her about it and called and I they let me do my hours there.
Literal (Know)
I began my service learning at House of Ruth on August 8th. On the first day I put together training binders and made sure they were all "perfect", I worked from 11-3. The second time I worked was for 2 hours on the 14th. I had homework, which was to read some articles she emailed me so when I first got there we went over the articles and asked my opinion. Then I retyped some information that went into the binders and copied and filed papers. My third day was the 16th, I had homework before then as well where I had to read a chapter of a book she gave me and write a summary, when I got there we discussed the chapter and she gave me more information about House of Ruth. After that I finished some more binders and scanned papers. I worked for 2 hours. My last day of my ten hours was the 21st. I had to read two more chapters and we talked about those for a bit then I copied pages out of books she wants me to read and then I revised the "master" binder I worked for two hours. In total, I worked 10 hours. My mentor is Marina Wood. (909) 868-8010 or mwood@houseofruth.inc.org
Literal (Need to Know)
Some questions that were raised would be about general information about House of Ruth, like who started it and why. Also, more detail about what is done for the victims they take in. Marina explained a lot to me about what they do at House of Ruth and the different things they do and are involved in so it would be nice to know more about events they are started. She also told me how men are not really involved with House of Ruth and how there are not many volunteers that are guys so finding a way to get men more involved would be helpful and learning different and new ways to advertise the organization so more people know about it because it is greatly needed.
The most important thing I gained from this experience would be all of the information I was given. I realized how big of a problem domestic violence is and how more people need to be informed about it. I have only done 10 hours there and I have already learned so much! My mentor is very informative and helpful towards my project.
The way I picked my topic was very randomly. My boyfriend and I were swimming one night and he was telling me about senior year since he already graduated and I still hadn’t picked my topic yet. We sat there and just threw out different topic ideas and the general idea of like “women” was thrown out and I remembered that my grandma had mentioned House of Ruth before and I asked her about it and called and I they let me do my hours there.