Marlo: Becoming An Ally
'I guess it runs in the family because I remember my grandmother. We were talking to her about would she like to go into a home because she was starting to lose certain functions, and it was getting more challenging for her and the family, and she said, “Why would I want to go in those places? They’re full of old people.”'
Jos: Facilitating Autonomy
"Yeah, so if it’s some kind of a goofy story, then that’s cool if that’s what they want to make, and that’s what they get at the end of it. If they want to make something that’s a bit glossy or say something that they could use as an educational tool in a classroom, then they can do that also, but always it being their choice of what they want to do and how they want to use it."
Jos: Negotiating Empowerment
"Because we all have this idea in our heads, this concept of what youth empowerment is, and yes, we do have program objectives, and we sit down and hash them at meetings, and we plan out what this is, what’s it going to look like, and we have our own ideals and everything. But it never actually shapes up that way when you’re working with human beings, and youth are very self-directed, motivated people."
