Diana Escobar's Capstone

For my capstone project, I wanted to create something that would directly impact my community. As someone who walks around the city, whether to hang out with friends, to get out of my house, or to get to and from places, something that I and many others have noticed is Philly’s trash issue. It’s become such an enormous issue in the city, where streets are unwalkable and unsanitary.

Being a young student, I wanted to do something to tackle this issue. By creating a multi-day clean-up event throughout the city, I helped tackle this issue in any way a young person could. The majority of volunteers that were involved had been to the places we cleaned up in. As I planned these events, I tried to think of locations that I am frequently and familiar with. This led me to plan events at FDR Park, South Philly, Temple University, and here at SLA!

Although not all of the dates went as planned, being involved and connecting with people was something that will forever stick with me. Creating this project not only showed me that a “regular” student can do something for a change but also helped many other young volunteers to do their own thing for their communities as well. In the end, there are several different issues that go into the Trash Issue in Philly, but as long as we are being proactive and wanting change, that change can happen. I am happy that I could do something with my power for others.

Final Product:

• A Google Drive Folder holding multiple pictures that captured the process of the clean-ups

• A [Photo Essay] (https://docs.google.com/document/d/12-O9rI608bHDpuN7FcTP8t3kIpPqmZQawRQ72evOKYg/edit?usp=sharing) visualizing The PHILLY: Clean-Up

• The Annotated Bibliography