Social Change and My Community by

El Salvador

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Although I am half Mexican, I mainly grew up in a Salvadorian community. My father and many of my neighbors I grew up with are from El Salvador.

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Supporting local shops

perezly15 — 2023-04-07 21:36:34 UTC

Portland has many great options for eating out. I love exploring new places but now since I'm back in school, I'm not working as much to afford going out. Recently I've discovered a self own pupusa restaurant that's close to me. Pupusas are one of my favorite childhood foods from my dads country. I love being able to support a local business and getting a childhood treat for cheap. Plus I save so much on gas that I would have spent driving downtown and waiting in traffic.

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Historical

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El Salvador has many history especially with gangs. But, The El Salvador Civil War hits home for me. My dad grew up during the civil car. As a child, he and his brothers were forced to fight in the war. Today, I am very lucky to hear his incredible story.

Cultural

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In November, everyone celebrates San Miguel carnival. Try to make it a goal of mine to go every year.

Environmental

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Surfing wasn't a thing to do in the past. Just recently, El Salvador is now home to Surf city due to its beautiful beaches. Everyone around the world now travels to surf there.

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Module 5

perezly15 — 2023-06-08 01:34:30 UTC

Module 6

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Mental Change

perezly15 — 2023-06-08 01:55:04 UTC

The latino community has defiantly come a long way of what it used to think/treat mental disorders. I come from a community that used to not believe that much in mental disorders. Depression? Just get over it. It seems that the older generation in the latino community mainly agree that mental illness is just a 20 minute phase and that we should get over it. Im so happy to see that the newer generation is more accepting and supporting family members who are in treatment. I think with being supportive can build a strong family.

Education

perezly15 — 2023-06-08 02:08:54 UTC

High schools always a challenge for me. Aside from not having a computer to do homework at home to even not having internet access when the district gave us chrome books to take home, my issues lied deeper. The subjects in high school were always a challenge for me to understand. When grades came, I labeled myself as a dumb person. I believe everyone is smart when it comes to things they are interested in. Not everyone is going to understand algebra. When I went to dental school for dental assistant, I have never felt smarter. Everything was so easy to understand because it was something I was passionate about. From barely passing high school, to receiving all A's in dental school.

Module 7

perezly15 — 2023-06-08 02:09:12 UTC

Module 8

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Module 9

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Religion

perezly15 — 2023-06-08 02:23:17 UTC

I grew up in a very religious household. Although my mom wasn't super religious, my father made us learn about it. It was actually kinda fun growing up especially with the fun Spanish churches and traditions. Now, although change is hard, we are excited to welcome new traditions. My sister is currently pregnant and the father is from a different background and traditions. We are excited to have him and the baby into our lives and to learn new things about his culture and religion.

perezly15 — 2023-06-08 02:32:19 UTC

While working through out this pallet, I have really reflected a lot within the weeks. Ive learned so many new concepts and so much about the power of social change. Week 9 module hit very close to me and I'm sure others can relate as well. My house hold is very big on alcohol. I come from a bloodline of alcoholics. The social movement I picked to reflect on is the MAAD Movement. I saw front view what alcohol and other substances do I wanna be part of the global change. Many people in my community and even others are also making a change to break the generational chain of abusing alcohol and the risk of driving under the influence.

Module 10: Phase 3

perezly15 — 2023-06-08 02:42:46 UTC

perezly15 — 2023-06-08 02:52:45 UTC

This week's module was a very interesting for me. The social movement I picked was the MAAD movement because it was actually one that I can in a way relate to. I think if you were to any a stranger, chances are that they knew someone who had a incident involving driving under the influence. Even schools show the risk and what could happen if you were to drive drunk. Alcohol is very popular in my latino community wether it's for parties or an addiction. This week I've discovered and learned so much from the MAAD movement.