Category: RR Journal

I thank //name of the person//for //action person did//which made me see or realize //own behavior//and I started //active change applied from learning//. Reflective Journal – Entry #7 After yesterday evening talk with another Makeright volunteer Raoni, I tried to apply his “Thank You” + gratitude exercise to the work.Found myself much more deeply involved…

Reflective Journal – Entry #6 The prison management system had faults, and I was not registered to enter. Pras and Erika were away, had to sit in the visitor center one hour to understand what to do, to be allowed to move and go “doing my job”. At the beginning felt so angry (discomfort), then…

Reflective Journal – Entry #5 Wayne tells me it was not a good day; it was the kind of day that if he would have found a gun beside his bed, he would have shot himself. “But for what” he adds “so then I’m not allowed to go nowhere, cannot rise, cannot fall, they call it…

Reflective Journal – Entry #4 Good day. Session 1: Card Game.We played a card game to help the learners coming up with ideas for bags with few elements given; the group I was in included Raoni (another volunteer) and 2 learners (Bradley and Malik).Malik created several variations and won because he had different elements to…

Reflective Journal – Entry #3 Morning lesson, 9 guys instead of 16. More manageable, even if we were less people (which might not be a good sign…). For some unknown reasons, I started to loosen up: was the only volunteer, got more responsibilities, happy to be there and sharing knowledge and insights. DISCOMFORT While working…

Reflective Journal – Entry #2 Generally, a good day. DISCOMFORT Lorraine (Gamman, principal investigator and founder of Makeright) that mentions several times the crimes of the guys. Found it preaching. Today theory lesson from Adam (Thorpe, co-investigator and founder of Makeright) on design process was very long and very theoretical. I was bored as well…

Reflective Journal – Entry #1 Positive interaction with one man (bold man, 3rd time in the program) It is possible to have interactions with inmates that do not involve personal subjects. I learned that I don’t have to “fear” interacting with inmates because of lack of subjects. There’s always a way to bring it back…