KaylaGreen

Kayla Green
Today was overall an overwhelming experience for all involved. I felt fear, anger, sadness, exhaustion, fulfillment, and empathy throughout the work I did for the Campus of Human Development. When I first arrived the first emotion I experienced was fear we pulled into an alley filled will people so much that it was hard to maneuver the van we were riding in. The stereotype of some homeless people as violent, and aggressive along with the look of some of the people caused fear in me to a degree that surprisingly faded as soon as I heard the first man talk. Experiences like the ones that we’re aloud to travel through you get to experience the good along with the bad. Some of the good things I got to experience were the helpful and thankful people who not only helped me and another girl carry a heavy sheet of wood into the building, but also thanked us for coming to help them. One of the bad things I saw were unappreciative people who didn’t show the amount of respect I thought that the people running the Campus the respect that they deserved, smoked, and were overall rude. The story that I would like to share for today was when we were reflecting at the shelter and a girl from the group shared with us how thankful she was to be there because she and her brother had went through similar circumstances when she was younger I believe that she showed true character to give back the way that she did and tell her story to the group. I believe that the Campus for Human Development is a safe haven for many men and women who are going through a hard time in their lives and that not only is the program helping them by giving them food and shelter but their also helping them to become self-supporting happy members of society through their classes, recovery programs, and incentives and ideas to promote both. I worked hard today and I tried my best to allow myself to soak up as much information about the Homeless lifestyle in Nashville that I could and will continue to do so hopefully with the same drive that I still have for it right now.