#on what resonates/what doesn't and also like what the barriers or points of confusion/anxiety are that hold them back
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WORKSHOP WENT SO WELL!!!! the students got really into the activities and just did SUCH a good job in the debrief conversation at the end. one of the students also works for our office under my coworker's supervision (although i'd never met her before) and my coworker said the student messaged her after to rave about how fun the workshop was and how good the group discussions were. and at the end one of the professional staff who worked at the center just got up and spontaneously gave a little speech about how much undergrad research had meant to him and how much doing community-engaged work helped him untangle these complicated questions and feelings about his identity and his relationship to his community. it was just really nice!! good group, very good energy, and i think/hope they are going to want to invite us back to do more programming with their students this year. fingers crossed!!!
#it feels REALLY good to be getting out there and starting to set up these workshops & talks with student groups#like it just makes the work come alive in a different way and you also get so much good input from them#on what resonates/what doesn't and also like what the barriers or points of confusion/anxiety are that hold them back#from getting involved in these kinds of experiences#plus kids are just so smart and thoughtful#and college age is just aaaaa it is my favorite age#such a moment of self-discovery and exploration and trying on different ways of being in the world#and also.. i will admit... it is easier to navigate their personalities sometimes than the personalities of adult faculty and staff#because (as i think macky said to me a while back) there's at least a loose mutual understanding of what our roles are#and what our relationship is to each other#and you get to be more in that teacher/mentor/listener/facilitator role for them#idk anyway#i'm so glad it went well it's been kind of looming in my mind for a couple weeks#but now i think we have a great template for a workshop that we can use with lots of different groups#so hurrah! and also most of my people-facing work is done for the week i just have a couple small meetings left!#but other than that it's just sustained worktime! the dream!
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