The basis of this project is simply to learn firsthand what are some injustices in the world that lead to becoming homeless and at the same time provide a nice meal to those that can not do so for themselves. My reflective piece would cover the process of making the meals, the distribution process, the reaction from the homeless recipient, and their views on injustice.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
My ideas for my final project have not changed a whole lot but I have furthered the idea and the preparation for the project. My focus will remain on the injustices that the homeless face and I still plan on putting together roughly 30 full complete meals to distribute downtown. I am really trying to stray from doing this with an already established organization because this is something I want to do firsthand. My plan is to make around 30 meals, including a sandwich, fruit, chips, water, and a cup of soup. I talked to the man who runs the cafeteria and he said he would be willing to help supply either the soup, fruit, or utensils needed. Once the meals are prepared, I plan on going downtown with a group of friends, for safety purposes, and distributing them to homeless people. Each meal I hand out will also be followed by a simple question to the man or woman concerning their personal experiences of injustice. I think the question is going to be, "What is the one injustice you have faced that you feel led to you being homeless." I plan on recording their responses on either my Ipod recording device or in video format on a Mac.
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Troy,
ReplyDeleteWe need to talk about the interviewing portion of this--I'm afraid that handing out food and then asking questions will be seen as invasive. We need to respect people's dignity, which I know you want to do. I recommend that you call somebody at the Homelessness Power Project to discuss your plan (www.homelesspower.org). They are staffed with people who are homeless or have been and they'd have a sense of how to proceed. It might be fine to distribute food on your own, but you don't want to be seen as doing it just so you can get an interview. Maybe changing the question would be one way around it: instead of asking a complete stranger something about their personal history, you could ask folks to define injustice for you. Let's talk.
KL