Eugene V. Debs said, “I have no country to fight for: my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.” In this, Debs describes global citizenship perfectly. To be a global citizen is to be member of not a specific community, state, culture, or nation, but to identify yourself as a member of the world. Therefore, thinking beyond yourself and instead, for the better of the community of this world. By doing the Kahiau project, I better understood what it meant to be a global citizen.
Being that I “hopped-into” this project later on into the semester, I wasn’t sure that this project would really impact me that much. But it sure did. Being that my role was research, I found it interesting that to euthanize dogs in dog shelters was the “best” solution to the overflowing numbers of dogs without families. We did this project because we were against euthanizing animals and to have them adopted is an even better solution! Of course we know not all dogs can be adopted, but euthanizing is not the answer either! At the actual event, hearing about the stories of the dogs that we worked with on our project day made me really sad for them and eager to help them start a new life. A pattern that I noticed was that dogs were more desired than cats, which makes sense since we see so many cats on the streets, and I wished that all of them could’ve gotten adopted, both cats and dogs! However, for two out of three of them got adopted was the greatest feeling in the world; it felt so good to provide happiness for something greater than myself. To be a global citizen means to be selfless, compassionate, hard working, and much more. I connect this to the work that Schindler, Gandhi, and Daoud and the goodness they must have felt after doing their even larger-scaled work. In this project, so many emotions filled me and I crave for more of it! It is very important to have a long term plan for action in order to more beneficially accomplish your purpose. What worked was our communication throughout the preparation for our event and our team work to get everything done. The only thing that could’ve been done better is if we planned more than just one adoption to take place! I hope to take part in another one in the future!
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So this Sunday was the event and it went AWESOMELY! Our event location last minute changed to Petco in Ewa, which I think was a great advantage for us since more people were drawn in. I was so proud of us! It was fun being able to interact with the doggies (Coffee, Creme, and Tough Girl) as well as those who came in and out of the store, telling them our stories as well as theirs. I was also extremely happy for Coffee and Creme since they got adopted! I really wish I could've taken Tough Girl home myself! If you can't tell, I'm just really happy about how the event went, which you will see in our presentation next Monday! Gotta Blast!
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Miranda B.I will be assisting my group by researching and during the event, getting the word out on euthanizing and how we can potentially stop it. Archives
May 2017
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