Claudia's Blog Critique

The first blog I chose to Critique was titled "Hunger and Homelessness in America 2010" by Claudia C on March 18, 2010. The first thing that caught my eye when viewing Claudia's blog was her color combination. The title's of the posts are in a pastel green on top of a dark blue background with the posts being in white. Everything sticks out and is easy to read. The next thing that caught my attention is that she writes really well and gives thorough detail to each post she writes. I had no questions after reading what she wrote, as I feel she covered all the important points in regards to her topics. When she critiqued two of her classmate's blogs, she was honest and it was apparent she entirely read each one. She gave good advice and offered opinions in which I would agree with. For example, when she critiqued Clarence's blog she stated, "The minority population often lack quality education which leads to becoming socially and economically disadvantaged resulting in poverty." I could not agree with this comment more as I feel a quality education is one of the most vital necessities in life.
Claudia and her city group also had a great idea for their action project which is to observe and volunteer at the San Jose Obrero Mission Shelter which is a place that provides shelter to the homeless. Claudia seems to be very dedicated to volunteering for this shelter as she said she was going to visit homes in her neighborhood and ask for clothing donations. This is very thoughtful and shows she's willing to take that extra step to help out the homeless which is above and beyond what the action project asks for. Lastly, when explaining the poverty issues in St. Paul, Minnesota she states that there are 9,200 people without a home and that there is an 18.90% of unmet needs. This caught my attention because for the city of Boston (my city) I found that there were about 6,000 people without a home and that the percentage of unmet needs was about 20%. Although Boston had a higher percentage of unmet needs, it has a much lower number of people who are homeless. It was interesting to see how prevalent homelessness is in other cities, besides Boston. I thought 6,000 homeless people was a high number; however, I now see that poverty affects each city in its own way and some are worse off than others. It is of importance, in my opinion, to understand that homelessness occurs in all cities throughout our country.