GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PACT ENTRIES
In lieu of writing one journal entry per PACT visit, you will write TWO blog entries (approx. 250 words each) about your PACT service work. You will write one entry after you’ve completed your first THREE visits to your site and the other entry after you’ve completed all FIVE visits. Post your entries to your advocacy’s blog so that your peers can see and comment on what you’ve done.
ENTRY CONTENT
1. Do not waste your 250 words describing how you got to the site or listing inconsequential details about every action you performed while there. Give us the information that matters. Analyze what was going on below the surface of your actions or interactions. Keep in mind the social issue(s) you are trying to solve. Surface-level entries will not receive full credit.
2. Consider incorporating answers to the following questions:
- Before beginning your PACT, you probably had preconceptions about your organization, your issue, and/or the population you were going to serve. What were they, and how did your PACT work challenge those preconceptions?
- Did you discover anything about yourself through your service work? Were you at all surprised by your emotional reactions over the course of your service?
- Do you believe you had an impact through your service? If so, what did you accomplish?
ENTRY FORMAT
At the top of each entry, list the following information. Then, skip a space and begin writing.
Your Name
Date and Time of PACT Visit
Organization Name
Supervisor’s Name
Supervisor’s Contact Information
