Jessica Schildt
Ms. Duquette
AP Gov/Politics
3 December 2010
Explanation of Community Service
The community service opportunities within Politicos club were concentrated on fostering voter awareness and informing the public about the upcoming elections. We distributed informative pamphlets and flyers to people attending Boulder Creek home football games, which occurred throughout September and into October. After doing this, we focused on organizing and planning our Political Panel. This involved inviting the candidates to the panel, writing questions to ask them, reserving and setting up the auditorium, and publicizing the event. We spent an afternoon doing much of this, ensuring that the candidates responded and that announcements, etc were submitted to inform the students about the panel. Short bios and introductory statements were also written for the panel, as well as unbiased, thought-provoking questions for the candidates to answer. As a co-host for the event, I read bios for the candidates (those who were present and those who were not) and read half of the questions. In these capacities, I learned useful lessons about organization, formal writing, oral articulation, and the incredible value of external political efficacy.
In a similar way, I volunteered to participate (and partially facilitate) political observation with the elderly residents of Pioneer RV park (located off of I-17). These people have been writing letters to Governor Brewer and Councilwoman Thelda Williams (District 1), pleading with them to reconsider evicting the residents at Pioneer. I helped by typing a letter for them and printing it; they plan to send it to the Governor and Councilwoman Williams in the next few days. This experience taught me the value of brining new ideas and some elements of technology to elderly people who might not know how to utilize it. Observing their communication with the state government was inspiring, especially considering their plight.
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