Being able to meet with other classmates to discuss different ideas about way to approach our respected groups was very beneficial. It reminded me a lot of what we did when we facilitated with others on our first group leading experience. However, it was a little different because we each had different topics. I liked it better like this because we all didnt have the same thing to say or same ideas. I believe doing this leadership summit is very helpful as well as important because we will be doing the same style of meeting with our coworkers the rest of our careers as well as people in other professions. Being able to work well with others as well as knowing how to learn from others can be very important in out profession. By simulating this experience they way we did, we are able to gain more knowledge thanks to a potential colleague, plus learn more about ourselves in the sense of how well we work with others and how well we can learn from others. I believe that we should continue to rely on others for constructive criticism and feedback,
For class today, we were asked to listen to a podcast before class titled The First Cow. The speaker was Abeny Kucha, a woman from southeastern Africa who has an amazing story. Her village was destroyed by war and for years she bounced from refugee camp to refugee camp walking and traveling for over eight years. Luckily she and her family made it to America. Listening to her story really opened my eyes to just how lucky I am to have the life that I have. When they first arrived they were taken to this apartment and told it was their new home… she expressed that the word home meant more to her than most could understand. Her children had never had a home, they had never been able to sleep in peace without any worry. She spoke of how they had no idea what orange soda was or what a fire alarm was, things that you never even second guess or need to think about can be completely foreign to others. She also mentioned how they had two couches in the living room and how no...
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