Teater Edukasi Keliling (TELLING) 2

Theater for Education , Part 2

Numerous inspiring activities have been done by SIGi Makassar, a social community which focuses in education sector. One of the activities is "TELLING" or Theater for Education. Recently, TELLING 2 run succesfully. It was held on December 23-25, 2015 in Library of "Rumah Sandeq", Majene, West Sulawesi. Our volunteers shared happiness and shared the way to reach the dreams through a film "jejak-jejak kecil"

we are making hat from paper

"beautiful" host for this program

Salute for Indira, as PIC of this program

Berbagai macam kegiatan menginspirasi telah dilaksanakan oleh SIGi Makassar, sebuah komunitas sosial yg berorientasi pada pengembangan pendidikan. Salah satu kegiatan kami adalah Telling yang merupakan akronim dari Teater Edukasi Keliling. Baru-baru ini, kami melaksanakan TELLING 2 yang berlangsung sukses di Perpus Rumah Sandeq di Majene, Sulawesi Barat pada tanggal 23-25 Desember 2015. Para volunteer berbagi keceriaan dan berbagi inspirasi mencapai impian melalui film berjudul Jejak Jejak Kecil

Thanks for every single support for Our Activity.

Salute for all volunteers of SIGi Makassar who have put much time and energy for this TELLING 2

For others, if you want to join us just follow @sigimks . We are going to have another big activity in January

Being Volunteer for the Halloween Gathering

Having Saturday as weekend time filled by volunteering activity was interesting. That was my feeling on last Saturday (10/24). I had a chance to be a volunteer as 2015 Parade Ambassador for the Halloween Gathering. That was the first-ever Halloween Gathering in Chicago.

All volunteers gathered at 4.30 p.m. at Volunteer Check-In on the southeast corner of Columbus and Balbo. The Halloween Gathering started at 6.00 – 8.00 p.m. As a volunteer, I am assigned a block for some hours and made sure that the crowd does not run into the street.

During the event, hundreds of people came. That was family event. I could also see how people from all ages are very excited. Being volunteer for this event was memorable experience.

Starting With Questions

taking photo with Brighid, one of keynote speakers

A Workshop’s Note “Principles for Business Professionals and Entrepreneurs”

Being one of Professional Fellows in Chicago increased my knowledge on how to be more professional in career. There are many interesting talk shows and workshops which talk about being professional people.

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On Friday, October 16, 2015, after my work hours, I attended workshop “Principles for Business Professionals and Entrepreneurs” at De Paul Gallery and Club (1 East Jackson Boulevard). There were three amazing panelists namely:

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taking photo with a committee

·         Merry Green (founder of the Black Women’s Expo)

She is the creator and founder of the Black Women’s Expo in Chicago, the nation’s longest running empowerment exposition for the African American consumer.

·         Oscar Mazariego (Vice President and Regional Manager for Retail Banking in Northwest Indiana at Fifth Third Bank)

Over the course of his 19=year banking career, Oscar has been an engaging and innovative leader driving strategic change. He is also the co-chair for the Chicago Latino BRG and a member of Fifth Third’s Diversity and Inclusion Council.

·         Brighid O’Shaughnessy (Founder and Artistic Director of Erasing the Distance)

Brighid has reached over 55.000 people with theatrical performances about mental health issues.

Mary Mc. Guinness M.Ed.,ACC (Principal Consultant) became moderator for this workshop.

There were some important points that I noted as principles for being business professionals and entrepreneurs.

Merry Green told the participants of this workshop that the first question when she founded Black Women’s Expo was “what can we bring for the community”. Sometimes, we need to also pay attention to personal brand and venture brand. The point is to make sure that you have positive roles for your communities. But, at first, you have to understand about yourself.

Oscar stated to put the questions “what are the highest point to get? What is my goal? What is my organization goal? He also added the important of character because it will drive the people’s values.

Brighid explained the importance of business plan for those who want to start business. Besides that, as a professional people, you need to have good decision making. In addition, being willing to be open minded is much needed.

After attending this workshop, I come to a conclusion that one of important principles for business professionals and entrepreneurs is to start with questions.

Spirit Week at Little Black Pearl

On Monday-Friday, October 19-23, 2015, the students at Little Black Pearl had Spirit Week. The Spirit Week was symbolized with certain clothes. As the example, on Monday, October 19, the students wore pink to support Breast Cancer Awareness Day. It was like “pink day”. Let’s see two reasons why the students wore pink on my YouTube account (Spirit Week “Cancer Awareness Day”)

Another example was on Thursday. The students came dressed as their favorite celebrity. I saw many young talented people there. This Little Black Pearl (LBP) really gave students chance to improve their skills in art as many as possible.

 

happy celebrity day

I also could see their amazing performance on Friday when they had PEP Rally. The students show their talent in dance, choir, band performance and so on. They are awesome, aren't they?

enthusiasm for PEP Rally