Alicias+Task+1+Brainstorm

Brainstorm possible themes – lean toward something with personal and social significance for our students

 * Racism
 * Poverty
 * Gender
 * Social Inequalities
 * Political Inequalities
 * Community Violence
 * Education
 * Teen Pregnancy
 * Human Rights
 * Legal
 * Age Discrimination
 * Civil Liberties
 * Abuse of State Power
 * Gender Identity
 * Freedom of Press
 * Environment
 * Health Care
 * Shelter
 * Special Needs/Disabilities
 * Citizenship/Immigration
 * Access to Information

Brainstorm a “scenario” to help contextualize the unit

 * Environmental pollution is greater in impoverished areas
 * Educate the communities who are affected
 * Write letter to politicians
 * State level may be best
 * Research info regarding degrees of pollution in different areas
 * Design solutions based around reducing the pollution in the area


 * Design a community center
 * Offers various programs for youth & adults
 * Sports
 * Counseling
 * Classes
 * Volunteering
 * Community events
 * Fundraising for community building
 * Design and start a non-profit organization


 * Community Building
 * Let students choose what they want to build or fix
 * More interactions b/w community members through festivals, clubs, etc.
 * Boost local economy
 * Bring money in
 * Don’t let money out
 * Put money in physical structures
 * Bring in businesses
 * Facilitate mom & pop (look into garden economics)
 * Micro-loans
 * Other funding options
 * Job outreach for teens
 * Local business allotting more job slots for youth
 * Increase minimum wage
 * Writing congress or state
 * Poverty
 * Situational v Generational
 * Education
 * Demographics
 * possible solutions for poverty
 * Funding Options
 * Buffalo v United States v World

Brainstorm possible “major sub-projects”

 * Theme: Community Building**
 * Scenario: Design a Community Center in Buffalo**
 * design the budget
 * design the building
 * what facilities does it need?
 * how is it laid out? (architecture)
 * choosing a location
 * surveying and researching the community's wants and needs
 * event planning
 * marketing
 * fundraising campains
 * staffing
 * loan and/or governmental grant proposal