Social responsibility activities

Week 6

WEEK 6

HOMEWORK ACTIVITY

Homework: Co - responsibility

Objective: The student understands the meaning of co-responsibility embracing community-

building and stewardship for others.

Writing Activity
Co-responsibility means speaking out for social justice and equality. Look for
a person who represents this purpose, include his/her picture, and write
how he/she has achieved it.

Jonathan Marvel, Founder, Marvel Architects

Jonathan Marvel cofounded Resilient Power Puerto Rico, a nonprofit that
has restored electricity to some of the poorest communities by taking
advantage of the island’s abundant sun and other natural resources.
Jonathan Marvel was born in Puerto Rico, Jonathan is an architect and urban designer with more
than 30 years of experience providing architectural planning, community, economic and sustainable
development of public spaces, educational institutions, single-family and multi-family homes,
libraries, museums, and large-scale projects. and mixed-use developments.
Jonathan has led Marvel's efforts across myriad typologies, from urban housing to single-family
residences, from scratch-up theaters to adaptive repurposing performance spaces.
However, the company did more than simply install solar panels. They helped recruit and train
locals to install them, created a toolkit that communities can use to plan and finance new solar
hubs, and taught them how to set up water treatment systems that also run on solar energy.
The mission of Jonathan's project is to improve the lives of the residents of Puerto Rico by
increasing the capacity of communities to address their critical needs; increase local access to
knowledge, tools and resources; and promote equitable social and infrastructure systems.
 Social responsibility activities
Week 6
Speaking Activity
Activity: After reading and understanding the lesson on Co-responsibility, record the answers for
these questions:
- How can you strengthen your community?
I can strengthen my community by organizing a cleanup day one weekend a month with the
neighbors of my neighborhood. I can also step up my daily walk by wearing disposable gloves and a
small trash bag to help keep your neighborhood beautiful all year long.
- What can you do to help others understand the importance of speaking out for social
justice?
I would create a blog where it provides information on social justice in areas where inequalities are
committed such as: gender equality, trafficking and abuse, racism and xenophobia, education, and
health care.
- What can you do to embrace the issues of others?
I can do to embrace the problems of others is listen without judging, do not minimize, or maximize
their problem, encourage without pressure, understand, and respect their limits, be patient and
take care of myself to help another.
- What is going on in the world today that you can support?
In today's world older people feel lonely I can volunteer as a walking buddy for an older person who
lives alone, as they can benefit from exercise, social contact, and a regular walking buddy.