Week 1
Hi guys! This week has been so exciting. On Monday, I met with one of my advisors Christina We went over scheduling for meetings and she gave me dates for outreach events I can attend. We would be setting up booths at these events and giving educating them on certain reproductive and sexual health matters.
On Tuesday, I met with advisor Beheir who is in charge of the ACM (Adolescent Champion Model). The ACM is an initiative to make healthcare centers more youth-friendly. What my part will be is organizing some of the files to make them more accessible, attend some of their meetings with the recruitee, and even possibly approach some centers to recruit them for this initiative. I also met with my other advisor Paula. She is in Program Manager and handles a lot of Title X matters. We talked about how I can attend some of their staff and delegate meetings to better inform myself and observe. I will also be helping her review pamphlets that get distributed to their health centers to make sure they are easy to read and understand. She said she really appreciates the point of view from a teenager in reviewing these. She also talked more about the delegates conference I aforementioned in my introduction.
As for my own research, I have been intensely researching Title X to better understand it before I fully begin my journey at Affirm. I will also be rereading and annotating the sources from my bibliography to pull specific information as I begin to structure my investigative report. Stay tuned for next week!