Awww! I have my own desk now in, what I consider, EDCI’s own little Center of Community Engagement. I’m currently sharing the space with 6 other people, and I love how friendly everyone is. Not that I expected these people to be unfriendly, but it’s awesome to know that they are close with each other (as expressed through their collaborative banter.)
After having an hour and 15-minute-long college meeting with Ms. Sellers before arriving, I was honestly already exhausted, but thankfully I was assigned with a new task: finding activities/icebreakers for rising 3rd-5th graders and high schoolers. For the younger kids, I had no trouble compiling a list. For the older kids, however, I wasn’t too sure – how can we keep them engaged in the activity? What’s considered “cool” and “lit”, two seemingly opposite terms but they really mean the same thing? It took a bit longer, but I found a few I hope will work. This definitely helped me in terms of my own activity planning as next year’s Chief Student Diversity Officer. Icebreaker at the first Coexist meeting? Maybe!
I had lunch again at the East Durham Bake Shop; it’s so lovely! I also bumped into (almost literally) into Dr. Mc, who was there taking a break before his visit to EDCI.
Throughout the afternoon, I met with program coordinators and other team members, discussing the summer plans. I met with Nicky and Dr. Mc as well, and I’m looking forward to keeping EDCI in mind as we work on aspects for the Community Engagement class.
Summer camp is very close, and we need to provide food for the kids. One project I’ll be working on for the next few days is contacting vendors for food donations. I will also create flyers, detailing the Summer Lunch Program at Maureen Joy Charter School (my middle school) and other activities that’ll take place there. Contacting people is something I feel I’m fairly good at already, but that’s via email. Calling people will be… interesting, but I know that I’ll be fine; I have a script!
