This past week I was able to learn more about our peer model program and finish the social media video for it. I wanted to try something different than my previous videos and film a more casual video to showcase the day in the life of one of our peer models. So, I filmed using only my phone and did minimal edits on the video. To my surprise, this video has received more engagement than the previous videos that I’ve made and posted that I had spent more time to edit and produce. The video received more likes, shares, views. I think this is because it features one of our students and viewers get to see the engagement with staff and lessons taught on the daily basis. I think this says a lot about the Bridgeway community because viewers value more of the content being shown and human aspect of the social posts rather than the superficial aspects such as the aesthetics of the visuals. This is something I will keep in mind when creating the rest of the social posts this summer. It is also a valuable lesson that I will carry on to the future projects that I pursue as well.

I also continued to post about our summer programming. This week, we had a petting zoo and therapy dog come to Bridgeway which I will show through these photos below!

Another takeaway from this week was from our fellow’s learning session at the Columbus Foundation. This is a time where all of the fellows at the Columbus Foundation meet and learn about various topics on leadership. Our supervisor, Dr. Lomax spoke about the concept of power – what power is and where it can be found. He emphasized the impact of power within which builds off the fact that individual people are powerful in of themselves and even more powerful when they are together. This is something that I will keep ruminating about because it is a new way of looking at power that hasn’t ever occurred to me before as I’ve always viewed power as something that someone has over another person. Something else that stuck in my mind is that power can come from knowledge. Dr. Lomax talked about how he has dedicated time to continually explore his thoughts, ideas, and beliefs even when he had so many other life responsibilities. This motivates me to spend more time learning about issues that interest me and help me find my “why” or purpose in doing the work I want to do.