Kiki's Weekly

Property Development for Social Change   I grew up going with my dad to his business meetings. His office is in a section of our house so it was easy for me to hear business chat every day. He always took me on sight visits. I remember watching a building start as a pile of rubble and turn into a livable construction. I don’t want to be a basic property developer; I want to do property development for social change. Property development for social change means I work on projects such as taking dilapidated buildings and repurposing them for community upliftment. That means that I turn these run-down buildings into low-income housing complexes, educational facilities, or voluntary medical clinic centers. There are three duties that sum up the duties of a property developer for social change: Investigator Creator Developer I describe each of these characteristics with examples: Investigator The work of an investigator occurs in these ways: Locate a comm...

For the majority of her life, Gloria Steinem spent her days on the road, which is what her book is centered around. This is where she learned a great deal about herself and the impact that she can have on society. One of the most profound revelations she had while traveling was learning the power of listening. By listening to people along the way she realized that there was an audience that would hear her spread feminist ideas which ultimately sparked Ms. Magazine . She wants us to listen to her stories so that we can understand the value of being a good listener. The way she puts it is that “one of the simplest paths to deep change is for the less powerful to speak as much as they listen, and for the more powerful to listen as much as they speak.” Steinem wants us to read her book to understand her journey on the road. She wants us to indulge in her adventures and take part in her growth from exposure to diverse people and situations along the way. Her second goal in writing this...

I was born in Cape Town, South Africa. I lived a wonderful life in my small, tight-knit Jewish community. My school was up the road from my house, as were all of my friends who live in one neighborhood. My little “Sea Point” bubble was my world of warmth and happiness. After our house was broken into in the middle of the night and my family members were held at gunpoint, we packed our bags and left the next week. The move was abrupt and resulted in my unhappiness trying to acclimatize to the new culture of Miami. I currently struggle with the conflict of where I belong. South Africa has and always will be my home as it is the place where I feel a strong sense of connectedness. However, I also consider Miami my home as it is where I resided for the later years of my life in which I matured both intellectually and physically. I hope that by obtaining a degree from an American university, I will be in the position to work for several years and then move back to South Africa, ...