My Identity Conceptualized

By Cara Glenovich

Me

Female White

Able Bodied and Minded

StraightNot Much Money

Strengths♥ Outgoing♥ Empathetic♥ Fun Loving♥ Intelligent♥ Good friend

Weaknesses♥ Cannot Make Decisions♥ Selfish♥ Low Self esteem♥ Unorganized

My Family

Jade “The great events are babies, for each child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged with humanity, but is still expecting goodwill to become incarnate in each human life” (Edelman, 2003, pg.38)

My Friends

“As you get up in the morning, as you make decisions, as you spend money, make friends, make commitments, you are creating a piece of art called your life.” (Bateson, 2003, pg. 209)

“Not any single one of us has to or possibly can save the world, but together in some sort of concert, in even not-especially-coordinated concert, with all of us working where we see work to be done, the world will change. And we have to do it by showing up places---turn off the fucking computers, leave the Web and the Net---and show up, our bodies at meetings and demos and rallies and leafleting corners.” (Tony Kushner as sited in Loeb, 2004, pg. 170)

My Community

Education

Volunteering“But what’s often been missing is the vision to help people connect the desire to change their lives with a commitment to change their communities” (Wallis as cited in Loeb, 2004, pg. 206)

Student Assistanc

e

WICJob to Fall Back on

Support From Jade’s Dad

The Court System

Fines that are hard to pay Probation Court Dates Classes

ONCE YOU’RE IN IT’S HARD TO GET OUT

“Much of coping with discontinuity has to do with discovering threads of continuity. You cannot adjust to change unless you can recognize some analogy between your old situation and your new situation.” (Bateson as sited in Loeb, 2004, pg. 214)

Society

Graduate High

School

Go to College

Get a Job

Start a Family

Making Changes “Change always begins with some

people making decisions based in hope, and then staking their lives on those decisions.” (Wallis, 2000, pg. 205)