Our first week began with a night of social interaction over some delicious pizza in the ACE Office, the Siena equivalent of the CCE. It was interesting to meet all of the different members of the program and discover that those of us from Stetson were some of the few who did not come from the immediate area outside of the college.
The next two days were focused on orienteering us to the nature of the program and introducing us to the community partners we would be working with over the next two months. We played a rather interesting game wherein two groups behaved as though members of two entirely different cultures which sent diplomats over the borders to experience culture shock. The result was some hilarious interactions that underlined the type of culture shock we may experience in the coming days. After our explorations, we were given our assignments and let loose.
My first day at the Albany United Methodist Society (AUMS) was focused on touring the West Hill community it is located in and discussing the various assets found in the area. Afterwards, we talked about the impact these things could have on the residents of West Hill and what they could teach us. The following day was spent going over my tasks for the summer, which mainly focus on developing the programming for the annual youth camp AUMS holds. This, alongside supervising the high school age youth leaders of the camp, will be the bulk of my work here in Albany.
The first week seemed to move by in a blur, but I am excited to really get into our work efforts here and build up to the camp starting in July!
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