Amida's Summer Experience

Amida's Summer Experience
By Amida A

My name is Amida. This is my fourth summer with MAP, since the the summer of 2015. This summer, I was a "Citizenship and Organizing specialist" at MAP. This is my second time as a Citizenship and Organizing specialist. This year, however, the Citizenship and Organizing position that I’ve been working is totally different from last summer.

The activities and the work I’ve been doing have affected me positively. Each morning, my work was to assist the Youth Education Director in different topics or activities that we were doing in the Citizenship and Organizing group.

We read news every morning and the youth gave different feedback about the news stories. We learned about justice and injustice. We had testimonies and all the people in our group told their stories and we had to actively listen. We also made zines in all of the groups of youth we had rotating through the citizenship and organizing group.

I was a specialist, which means I helped mentor the new youth too. It was a fun experience. It reminded me of when I first started at MAP! My favorite moment in Citizenship and Organizing was making zines and listening to music -- a playlist that we chose as a group. We got to listen to everyone’s music and learn what they like to listen to. Working as a Citizenship and Organizing Specialist made me learn that I like to be a leader and enjoy mentoring people.

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