Respond in writing to at least two colleagues. Summarize what our colleagues have disclosed and explain how the information informs your next steps for building a relationship (e.g., you might pose a follow-up question or highlight something your colleagues said to redirect the conversation).
1-Hello. My name is Natalie. I reside in Baltimore, Maryland, and a fun fact about me
is that my siblings and I while born in
different countries because my parents
were missionaries. Because of this, I’ve developed an appreciation for
different cultures, and a hobby that I do have
is learning languages. I’m currently learning
Spanish and Korean, and I’m re learning French because that’s what
my family speaks and I learned it when I moved here because I moved
here when I was young. To me, advocacy to be
an advocate means to be a competent and
compassionate partner for clients or for somebody and a partner who challenges
barriers and empowers others to do the same and provide support
throughout that process. A policy that has
impacted my life is probably an immigration
policy that allows individuals to
come and seek asylum. My family came to the
US as refugees and asylum seekers due to a civil war that was
happening in our country. That changed, of course,
the trajectory of my life because we were
able to stay here, eventually get citizenship,
I was able to go to school, go to college, and now be
in this master’s program. It’s not to say that
I wouldn’t have been able to do it if I did not go through the if my family did not have
this policy to rely on, but it definitely would have made my journey here
significantly more difficult had there not
been a policy in place to protect asylum seekers
and refugees who are experiencing difficulties
in displacement. I am excited to hear everybody
else’s fun facts and their reasons why and policies
that impact their life. And I look forward to
working with everybody.
2-Hello, everyone. My
name is Antoine, and I currently reside in
the State of South Carolina. Fun facts about me include my hometown is actually in Bridgeport
Connecticut, but I was primarily
raised in South Carolina. I’m also a very creative person. Back when I was 13-years-old, I started writing poetry, and then I decided to add a
beat to it. What do you know? I became a rapper. I’ve been
rapping since 13-years-old, and then in high school
during my senior year, I joined the show choir where we sung and did different
types of choreography. That’s how I got into
singing and then I began singing in
church here and there. Also on my free time.
The genres that I primarily do as an artist
would be hip hop and R&B, but I love many genres of music, including jazz,
classical, No soul. I can do a little
bit country music. I like pop. My music taste of course is reggae
because I’m half Haitian. My music taste is very
vast and diverse, and I love just
the arts overall. What it means what it means
regarding being an advocate. I believe that being an advocate means being the voice for those who feel as though
they do not have a voice or even if
they try to use it, they feel as though
they’re not being heard. Being an advocate is
something that takes courage, it takes bravery,
and you have to be willing to put yourself in
uncomfortable situations, and by challenging
the current laws, the current policies, and
even the social norms that are currently put in
place within our society. The laws that or should I say policies that do currently affect me would be the
Higher Education Act. I know that of course,
as college students, this Act was passed
so that many people, no matter what level
of income you are, are able to access
higher education. When it comes to things
like pell grants, financial aid through
student loans, the Higher Education
Act involves all of those things as a whole. As a college student, this
policy has definitely made a huge impact in
allowing people like myself and others
to attend college, and I’m very thankful
for this policy. I hope to learn a
lot in this class and nice to meet
you all. Thank you.