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Final Check-in, response due by 8/8
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Final Check-in!
Thursday is going to be very busy. In light of this, we will be doing the final Check-in virtually. Please address the below in your response. Thanks.? 1) What did you learn from your internship? 2) What skills did you get from your internship experiences? 3) What did you learn about yourself during internship? And about society? 4) How will you apply some of the values we learned? ? |
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I learned a lot at this internship in terms of how a non-profit is run and the work that goes into it. First, I learned that organization is key, but sometimes can be almost impossible to achieve as situations can change really quickly. I also learned how important effective collaboration and communication is in this type of environment. In terms of skills I gained, I learned how to work with more autonomy as well as better communication strategies when doing outreach on behalf of the organization. I also learned how to effectively prioritize tasks. In regard to what I learned about myself, I realized I can thrive in an independent environment as well as in a serious environment. I learned a lot about society, especially that things aren't always fair, which is why social justice is so important. I can apply a lot of the values, especially human dignity after this experience trying to help those who survived domestic violence. I hope to use these values in the future in my community through service work as well as in my future job.?
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I think to sum up this summer, I learned how much a simple conversation can mean to someone. Every time I am in the office or visiting in a detention center, I try to show compassion with any words I exchange with everyone and especially the detainees. I gained skills in using my discretion when it comes to assignments, compassion, maturity, and how to effectively create marketing collateral. I also learned to ask questions and put myself out there when I want something to happen. I learned that I have a passion for helping detainees and that this could very well be my career in the future. I learned that society is not as well informed as they should be on immigration issues. All the values we learned especially those concerning the Catholic Social Teaching, I will use heavily. I will be using the values of human dignity and compassion while living in solidarity with those who are incarcerated. I will putting these into action on a daily basis but also with my career in the future.
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From the internship, I have gotten a feel of what it is like to work in an office. I have come to understand that outreaching is key to the success of many organizations. Although social media is the perfect tool to achieve this, one must find the right way to reach its target audience. I have also learned a lot more about immigration case management and how immigration cases are dealt with.
My internship experiences have strengthen my communication skills speaking on the phone in both English and Spanish. A detainee recently said to me over the phone that I had a kind and effective way of speaking to the detainees, which surprised me but made me feel like I was doing something right. Sometimes, the detainees do not understand what one is telling them the first, second, or third time. This can be frustrating but allows us to improve our communication skills by finding a better way of explaining something. This internship has also helped me become more patient, as things do not always happen or change overnight no matter how much we would like them to. I have learned that I am more patient than I thought I was. I think this is due to the fact that what I was doing was meaningful to me so I did not mind repeating myself or listening to someone ramble about the same thing over and over again. I have also come to the conclusion that having a passion for what I do will make the not-so-great days worthwhile. I will definitely apply many of the values learned, more specifically solidarity and the protection of the life and dignity of the human person, to my personal and professional life. As individuals of the same race, the human race, we all deserve to live a life of dignity with access to human necessities while caring for our neighbors. |
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThis was my first internship with a NPO and it is honestly amazing how much everyone gets done and how helpful it is to the people and the community. I learned many different ways we could assist others whether it is in the office or not, long term or short term, all this work is done to make a difference. I also learned how to take responsibility, speak up, and communicate better with others. I also learned a few skills in the office which I thought I wasn¡¯t able to do, but I quickly learned throughout my internship. I learned to manage my time efficiently and how to properly deal with issues I wasn¡¯t familiar with. I also learned that patience, teamwork, and communication is the key to getting things done. Everyone has little jobs that need to be completed and sometimes your work might not seem that ¡®helpful¡¯ but everything all together will eventually be beneficial to others and for the organization as well. I think the values really stood out to me because I had a wrong perception of how NPOs actually function and most importantly what the sisters actually do. It doesn¡¯t matter about your religion, culture, race, gender, wealth because these values apply to every single person and is the right for every human being. There is only one race on the face of the earth, and that¡¯s us. The human race and we need to learn how to not be ignorant and learn how to love and care for others. Many of these values are just common sense which people tend to ignore or are just taught to hate others and we need to change that. I will share these values to others and apply this knowledge to my future work and studies as I attend college this fall and learn to extend my comfort zone in order to reach my humanitarian goals.? On Aug 7, 2019, at 11:28 PM, Priscila <priscilaruiz96@...> wrote:
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On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 05:21 PM, Sheila wrote:
Final Check-in! This has certainly been a challenging journey but one which I learned plenty out of. I can definitely say I have a greater understanding of how a non-profit runs than I did coming in during my first week. I picked up on some new skills such as creating labels while I enhanced and worked on skills I already possess. Most importantly, it has helped me to be able to better communicate with people from different walks of life and be more understanding. I have learned so many things throughout this internship program, some of which are how to get tasks done efficiently while not having access to certain resources in order for me to get the tasks done. From a society perspective, I learned that not everyone is blessed with things like some of us are, it is important to understand where they are coming from and that¡¯s how we can better assist them. The two most important values I picked up on were compassion and selflessness. It essential to me compassionate when dealing with those less fortunate than me because most of these people don¡¯t really get that compassion or have never really been exposed to it in their lives. They¡¯ve had to endure a difficult life and the least I can offer is empathy and compassion. Selflessness because in order for me to be of assistance to those in need, it requires me to work for the greater good. Not for myself and not for anyone else, but for the people and the community.?
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