Having spring break being last week, I hadn’t really thought much about my month of action plan until I arrived back on campus. I attempted to find a farmers market while in Florida, but I found myself not having enough free time to go out and do that. Since returning home, I attempted to go and volunteer at a food pantry located in Lincoln Tower, but they weren’t open Sunday during the hours that the person I contacted said it would be. That was kind of upsetting to run into because I planned for that to be my one action thus far. I ended up writing a letter to Senator Rob Portman about the issue of redlining in Columbus and asking him to take action to incorporate healthy food vendors into walkable distances of these underprivileged cities.
I faced the unexpected challenge of the food pantry not being open, but that’s okay because I plan on reaching out to the organization again and trying to volunteer again this upcoming Sunday. I might possibly need to switch out my action of reaching out to a group on campus to speak in Scholars class because I’m kind of running out of classes to do that and also haven’t passed that idea by Esther or Amanda. I think instead of asking them to come and speak, I will just reach out to them and ask questions about their organization to learn more for myself.
Below is a picture of me writing a letter to my senator!
