Overview
Respond to the following questions using the material from this week and provide critical analyses of the course material. Thoughtful introspection helps you understand the material and your key learnings from it. Remember that the more connections you make between what is going on in class, the outside world, and the course material, the better your work will be and the easier it will be to reflect on.
Engage with the following questions:
What challenges do marginalized people have in accessing basic needs such as high-quality food?
What are the large-scale (societal) consequences of food deserts?
- What are the small-scale (community) consequences of food deserts?
- What are the three best civic engagement tips for communicating with marginalized communities in need for an outsider who wants to help?
- What economic conditions are in place to produce food deserts and public housing?
- What conditions of possibility exist for marginalized people living in public housing?
- How can a needs assessment help provide support to a community living in a food desert and public housing?
- Which stakeholders are poised to help communities in need?
- How might you start a dialogue with a community outside your own about their needs?
- Is there anything else you want to add? (Optional)
- Journal entries are reflective documents that provide personal, thoughtful analyses. Personal reflection and self-appraisal are part of the concept of journaling and will help you articulate what you learn in class and how and why you take in messages the way you do. This is deep learning because it comes from self-analysis. This thoughtful introspection helps you understand the material and your key learnings from it.