Preperation

"Poverty is a secret club. In our rich, by the bootstraps society, being poor is a mortal sin and blight on you and your family"

The quote above is from an article entitled “Being Poor” by Alia Ganaposki. It is about Alia and her experience as a low-income student in college. This is one of the many articles I have to read in preparation for the ABS trip which are included in the binder pictured above. For ABS, there are 5 girls going the trip(including me) and 3 group leaders. We have been having 1- hour weekly meeting since January 18th to prepare for the trip and learn more about each other and the issues of homelessness and poverty before we go D.C. Each week we read an article about poverty or homelessness and discuss what we learned from it. These meetings are a great idea because they expose us to the issue and give us some insight before we go to D.C. In a few weeks, we are also going to do a service project in San Antonio to get experience helping homeless people in our community. I really like the way the program is set up because you are not just expected to bond with a group of random people the week of spring break. This allows us to get to know each other and our opinions of different type of issues. I can’t wait for March 13th to get here!

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