Internship Final Reflection

Did you meet your goals?

yes i do my goals

What are the most important things you’ve learned?

how to talk to people appropriate 

In what ways have your grown?

in communication and social 

What were the highlights of your internship experience?

If you can, describe a memorable moment or experience.

What challenges did you overcome?

interview people

What advice would you give a new intern at this site?

What will you miss about your internship?

interview

1. What is your full name?
My name is Angel Vera ( mentor )
2. Where are you from?
I am from Ecuador
3. Where did you go to college? For how long? Do you plan to go back to school?
(Quito, Ecuador, 4 years on college and i do not want to get back to school), when I came to N.Y I took leadership development workshop to work on the Community Organizing, which is the work that I do right now
4. (If the interviewee went to college)…What was your major in college and what kind of degree do you earn?
(Psychology, on Ecuador) Community organizing, on New York, thats the only thing I took, which mean that I did not went to college for this work that I do, but I took the curse that I said before in order to work.

5. Why did you choose that field?
I did choose this field because i like to fight injustice to establish justice to the people and also because there was position available to work here, in addition because I have experienced about how it feels to be on this cases.

6. What got you involved in this field of work? What inspired you to do it?
I got involve on this field because it is the work that i like to do and the motivation was the people. I really like to help people and to have power when it is needed that was what inspired me.
7. Why did you choose this job?
I choose this job because I like to change, bad things or bad laws and bad treatment to people and also their is a lot of discrimination in the society so I made the decision to help and contribute to make the society safety and fair for people.
8. How long have you worked here?
I have been working on this job for 3 years, and 6 years on general working on New York
9. What is your job title?
the titled that i have is Community Organizer
10. What do your duties include? Or What kinds of work does your job involve?
Some of my duties are to build the base; leadership development; campaign work. and other minor things like work with other to try to make new plans or ideas.
11. What are some of the challenges you have faced working here?
Some challenges that I have faced are Retaining members, building a relationship with coalitions, holding creative and interesting meting.
12. What is the best part of your job?
The best part of my job is to facilitate workshops at the weekly meetings, and direct actions ( like march, protests etc.)
13. What is something you would like to change about your job?
I would like to be able to expanded my organizing work to other neighborhood so by doing it we can help other people and other society needs.
14. Did you work somewhere else before this job? Where? For how long? How was that similar/different? I worked for the New York Civic participation project on New York City for 3 years, it was similar to the work that I do right now that the job that i had before was working in the community where members live, and was different on the issues, previously I work on immigration and Now I work on housing.

15. What do you see as your future with this company?
I am planing to work here for 8 years or probably more, whether the organization expand or not.
16. Do you enjoy the kind of work you do?
I enjoy working on this job because I have really good relation with people and I make new friends on the neighborhood, also I see how people treat me differently when I try to help them, is like I feel great when I do my work and see that the people issue has been resolved.
17. Do you plan to open your own business one day?
I provably open a new business but I am not sure, may be it would be on Ecuador.
18. How has having an intern helped your company or organization advance or progress?
having a intern on this company have benefits us by giving energy, ideas and labor. The interns had help our work on the company and have facilitated my work too.
19. What advice would you give to high school-aged interns (such as myself) getting ready for college and then the real world?
My advice is to take life seriously, get involved on a community group, to build power and make social changes. also focus on a career, do not lose your mind and do not do things on which you would feel sorry later.

1. Word / Phrase:b-boy(girl)
Meaning:a boy or young man who likes or is involved in hip-hop culture.
Context: in my internship,the youth power group

1. Word / Phrase:
Meaning:
Context:

Daily Post 4-16-2008

b-boy(girl): a boy or young man who likes or is involved in hip-hop culture.

hip hop: the popular subculture of big-city teenagers, which includes rap music, break dancing, and graffiti art.

DJ: a person who conducts a radio broadcast consisting of recorded music, informal talk, commercial announcements, etc.

Weekly Vocabulary

POWER: the possession of control or command over others.

capitalism: an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.

imigration: migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there).

atheis: refer to persons not inclined toward religious belief or a particular form of religious belief.

muffled: to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.

NEW PALTZ

that was a nice esperience in the new paltz university because they talk about the life in the college like how they live in a little room in the you have to like make your life independice in you own way they said that you may feel like free and that may you can do whereve you want if you do that you may be out of control and start to stop doing your work. that was a good esperience

Third Week Assignment

Describe one significant activity or project that you have completed or are working on currently. BE DESCRIPTIVE!
Give as much specific detail as you can. Elaborate. Explain. Expound. Delineate. Illustrate. Use a lot of words. Treat this like an English class writing assignment. Use complete sentences with correct grammar and punctuation.

for me one of the best project that i do is the conbention because i do a lot of work and i think that do good this project.
and this project was yhe most interesting in the last semester, because the teacher give us a lot information

this are some picture of my and my mentor working in the officine

What did you do during your second week?
in the second week i call people ,i put information of people in a computer
i go to the street to interview some people

How was it different than the first week?
i realy thing is no much different but i was prepare o do better on the second week

What is something that you really like about the internship?
i like my mentor because he is nice he try to make me feel like am in my home and i got my officine

What is something you dislike about the internship?
got to the street to intervew people

Who else's blog have your read and commented on?
no body

The End of the First Week of Internships

Please describe your internship site by answering the following questions...


What is it?

Make The Road New York

What kind of business is it and what kind of work do the professionals do there?

is like helpping people

Where is it?

in grove street

Tell a little about your mentor.

he is from ecuador his name is agel veras

What happened on the first day?
the put us
What kinds of things have you done so far?

What were some of the highlights of the first week? (Memorable moments, cool things...)



Please answer some logistical questions...

When do you leave school?

How long does it take you to get to your internship?

When do you arrive at home?

What is your schedule? (What days do you work and for how long each day?)

Who are the two people that can sign your time card? (Your mentor and the additional person)



At this point, do you have any other questions, comments, concerns, queries, or inquiries?