This week at Prevention in Action, Erica and I are
visiting stakeholders to invite them to our dialogue event in March - each
organization may have a way to help the community reach solutions for issues on
gender based violence and substance abuse. This past week we prepared the invitations
and continued working out the details for our two events.
For our activist project, we plan to work with an
organization called “Dignity Dreams” to spread positivity towards menstruation,
debunk period myths, and provide reusable sanitary pads for women in the area.
Working with our supervisor, Gadija, has been a blast. She and her coworkers
are very passionate about female empowerment, and they get me excited about the
events to come.
This past weekend had no planned program events so my
housemates enjoyed planning our own free time – Friday was an
incredible music festival, Saturday I explored nearby thrift stores,
and Sunday I hiked Lion’s Head Mountain with three friends. The climb
was challenging, mainly because of the heights and steep paths, but the view
and feelings of accomplishment made it worthwhile.
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| Kat and Rav excited about attending Ultra Music Festival |
I’m getting to know more locals while out and about,
and I find that each relationship is uniquely rewarding and reveals a new facet
to Cape Town. These individuals are across the spectrum of poor and wealthy so
it’s interesting to learn their views, lifestyles, and how they navigate
through Cape Town because of their class and race.
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