Social change and my community by

My community: El Salvador

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Historical

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El Salvador has a long history with gangs. The El Salvador Civil War hits home for me. My dad grew up during the civil war in his country. As a child, he and his brothers were forced to fight in the war along with other kids and adults. After leaving the country for a better life, I am very lucky to hear many of my father's incredible stories.

Culture

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El Salvador is rich in culture, but one of the most important events is Carnival. Carnival is a festival that travels city to city and last for weeks. Carnival host parades during the day and parties at night. This favorite event among the country, is celebrated in November.

Environmental

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El Salvador is known for its many beautiful beaches. With its warm waters and local shops, it's a huge hit for natives and locals. Just recently, surfing has become much more popular.

Economy

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Supporting local shops

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.

Health and Safety and the State

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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. 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.

Religion

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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 with Spanish churches and traditions. Now, although change is hard, we are excited to welcome new traditions. My sister has a baby and the father is from a different backgrounds and traditions. We are excited to have him and the baby into our lives and to learn new things about his culture and religion.

Social Movements

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This week's module was very interesting for me. The social movement that I picked was the MADD movement because it's something that really hits home for me. In my community, alcohol is heavily used whether it's at a party or watching a game at home. If you were to ask a random stranger, chances are that they know someone who had an accident involving driving under the influence. This big problem is now being educated in many schools about the risks and potential aftermath if you were to drive drunk. This week I've discovered and learned so much from the MAAD movement. This movement is all about being against driving under the influence and I am a big supporter.

Module 8

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While working through out this padlet, I have really reflected a lot within the weeks. Ive learned so many new concepts and so much about the power of social change. Social movements 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. I also reflected on religion because it saved me from a dark time. I was able to use religion to see the positive things in life. Religion is what brings family together. I was able to connect with every module of the course and reflect it on my community. All these post adding up builds me and my family.

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