Reflective Journal #3


    




There are big problems in this world. Some are wicked problems that are so interconnected that it seems impossible to ever truly solve them. Things like poverty and homelessness have a multitude of root causes that contribute to the issues. Lack of education, illiteracy, substance abuse, mental illness...the list of factors to some social problems seems never ending. BUT we can make a difference!

Susan Matteucci! The story of her drive to make a difference, a life changing and generationally changing difference to an underserved, traditionally disadvantaged population where she lived has had impact in a huge way. You can learn more about SCC and what they do here: http://www.southwestcreations.com/
I am so impressed with how asking for volunteer sewers at a church meeting and then sewing three times a week in a church's room has grown to a multi-million dollar organization that supports women and their families as they provide employment and social supports like childcare and PRe-K through higher education support for employees and their families. 

I am most looking forward to learning about the many causal factors of homelessness and looking for ways to make a difference. I am not very familiar with this topic other than knowing that it is a growing issue in the US and in my community. Where there are problems, there are solutions, we just need to find them.


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