Delving Deeper Into the Surface of the World

The Affordable housing event again showed the true power of Poly's GIP Program. Maybe the biggest crowd to date, this event brought people together from across L.A. Young, old, English speaking, and Spanish speaking, all together in one auditorium. This event started off similar to an extension of an earlier event hosting Hive Be Good. It had a few of the same speakers, however, the content began to shift the further into the night the event went. There was a constant switch between Spanish and English which was almost seamless and still allowed for everyone to be on the same page. This coupled with the large range of experiences represented on the panel was incredibly insightful. As an audience, we were informed from the perspective of tenants who were often thrown in impossible situations, as well as government officials who enact and directly affect policies regarding this issue, as well as lawyers, and architects both playing pivotal roles in this issue. Overall I left this eve...

Throughout the year the Global Scholars Cohort has discussed a variety of global issues and topics. We meet on a consistent basis and share information, along with debriefing and dissecting events which we have attended and gained insight from. However, all of this is done with the same group of people. While this surely has benefits one area which had been missing from this program is significant avenues to discuss with other members of the community. Flintridge Prep's Border's class provided an opportunity to do just that. This semester-long class held a panel discussion which I attended and received a great range of information from. Whether this was discussing cultural clashes or economic comparisons this class's presentation of the information they have been studying was outstanding.  Even more amazing however was the fact that this event took place, and from talking to people who were there seems like only the beginning. Albeit short, following the presentation, I had...