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I decided to choose to pick Rebecca Petrarta ; She is the AfterZone Program Manager which mean she oversees the daily task of each of the programs. For Example, the daily tasks/operations for the AfterZone for PASA and manages the AfterZone AmeriCorps program supporting 20 AmeriCorps members in their service in the AfterZone program. Rebecca has played many roles within PASA before assuming the role of Program Manager; first as a Program Support Staff in the Summer Scholars Camp at Roger Williams Middle School, the Assistant Site Coordinator then Site Coordinator for the AfterZone at DelSesto Middle School, before taking on the role of Operations Coordinator for the AfterZone program. Before joining the PASA’s team, she volunteered as the Peer Mentor to RIC’s Scholarships for Service Student Civic Fellows: AmeriCorps Program, working closely with the program leader to mentor ten college students in their completion of volunteer hours and documentation. She received a BA in Englis...

Playbox: BEING SILLY My story time:  Why Haley and I chose this specific project of puppets for being silly. When we decided the puppets because we found that they are very essential to child care. These puppets that we made are not only for play, but it’s talking to children by expressing your emotions. Also, They help make the environment more light in tough situations like how Rachel mention in our Playbox. When doing those puppets, it leads to a conversation that can help everyone relate. When creating the puppets we can have different race/ ethnicity by expressing the way they are making them. My experience planning out : To tell you the truth Haley did most of the planning; this activity took her five minutes to plan. So, when I asked her what you would like me to do? She asked me to gather materials and also look at the presentation she has created But also is why if it was the best activity to do for being silly . It was fun finding different ...

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What one of the problems in my internship is trying to solve is children missing meals or are hungry all the time and when we achieve this by providing them with healthy snacks . For this, we pick different healthy snacks that we are presented with and if they don’t like that snack they put it on the share table. We also provide opportunities throughout the week that are a different snack but, even let them eat how much they want within reason . On an average day, we serve snack by portioning the right amount, and if they want another round of snack, they first look at the share table. This is a way to help the children know that we shouldn’t just throw out the food we want because someone else might want what you don’t want. The goal of YMCA   is to provide a healthy life choice but also “ Caring – We nurture and guard the well-being of youth and adults; and we promote healthy lifestyles, self-esteem, self-reliance, optimism, and fun. ” Knowing that the children ...

If I had to explain this hectic world to a young person, I would have a tough time explaining, because I would even have questioned myself. I have been thinking about how to explain it to someone who came to a work/ internship because there are different elements and history that has gone through conversation/people. I came up with watching some videos and looking on websites to understand how to explain to someone about Black Lives Matter . When explaining this to someone I would first say this is an idea of all people of any color, religion, and gender should be treated equally. When it comes to telling the young person, I would say, “ That everyone deserves an equal opportunity and we all have the same rights.” I would explain more about how the Black Lives Matter that they had to fight/boycott to become where they are now. Then I would tell them my experience is going to D.C and how all the different museums have impacted everyone. Explaining different examples that Black Lives Ma...