Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Smoke'd

Yesterday, someone threw a cigarette from their apartment window which fell nearly 1.5 m away from me. I was shocked and furious that someone could do such a thing. Two months ago, someone was BURNED on the face because of this and the police was able to do nothing except say empty threats related to DNA tracking. This is a poor solution because it assumes the criminal has their DNA on record.

When I went to the management office, the front desk reception women didn't seem too helpful and even told me that the manager was out, and the police will only do something if I got hurt; as a concession they said they can do an announcement warning. I INSISTED on them calling the manager and that we should go door-to-door to let these families and people know there is a person behind those WARNINGS. The manager was called and he was swift and sincere, and together we went to every door in my building. We spoke to about 5 or 6 but many did not open the door. As a result, I wanted to make a campaign type poster and he liked the idea. You can see the results below.

I hope from this class, you see that there are many things happening and that when we observe things we can also learn HOW to respond and take action. Good luck to all of you<3




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