Essays on Monterey

A survey was conducted by Community Foundation for Monterey County (2016) to identify the primary causes of homelessness for women, the needs and challenges that homeless women face, local policy considerations, existing services, and other recommendations. The data was collected from 38 public officials and service providers, and 60 homeless women in Monterey Peninsula. A sample of 60 homeless women generously participated in the study. The measurement tools that were used in the study were interviews, surveys, and group conversations. Also, a policy examination was conducted to find the environmental factors and policies that impact the homeless women in ...

Month Day, 2016

Introduction The work of history and historians isn’t a simple one. Historians must find sources, analyze them, think about them and decide which stories are worth telling and which ones should be left in the background or completely ignored. This function which can easily be summed up as representation is the hardest part of the historian’s job and something which has changed a lot in the past few decades. History writing in recent years has changed its focus from a top-down perspective where the decisions of the privileged, powerful connected few are explored and analyzed to the ...

Intersectionalities

Thesis: Overlap of cultures and identities contributes to the degradation of women in Hispanic Communities. Real Women have Curves a film that was released in 2002, featuring a Latino family that had Ana, Carmen (her mother) and Estela, who used to run a clothing warehouse, where, apparently, Carmen works. When Ana clears high school a debate emerges that she should not join college, rather, she should work in the clothing factory. Carmen keeps making remarks on the appearances of the ladies working in the factory, prompting them to strip to their pants one day to compare their bodies. Ideally, ...

Point Lobos is an area in Monterey County, California, which encompasses Point Lobos Natural Reserve, Point Lobos State Marine Reserve, and Point Lobos State Marine Conservation Area (). It is currently used as a marine protected area, a recreational scuba diving destination, and for hiking by tourists, but the area has a long cultural history. The coastal area was inhabited by tribes of indigenous people that are known collectively as the Ohlone, who lived in the area until the first European explorers arrived in 1602 (). Since then, Point Lobos has been inhabited by a number of different people until it ...

A. In the third part of the poster project, I visited the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles, where I gained insights in the following ideas: the history of Chinese in Monterey Park, acupuncture, and the abacus.

Various writings and materials at the Museum provide information about Chinese history in Monterey Park.

Acupuncture, a healing technique that utilizes fine needles inserted into points of the body, was first accepted officially as a medical practice in California in 1976. The abacus was invented to do mathematical calculations in China and it is still used by shops in Asia and Chinese American communities in North America. B.

Presently, Monterey Park is one of the cities in the United States that accommodates the largest population of Chinese Americans.

For instance, the migration of Chinese to the United ...

In the third part of the poster project, I visited a local cultural resource where I gained many insights into various aspects of my cultural background based on the materials kept at the resource. In particular, I explored three main ideas: the history of Chinese in Monterey Park, acupuncture, and the abacus. Various writings and materials kept at the cultural resource provide many insights into the Chinese history in Monterey Park. For instance, according to one of the writings maintained at the resource, immigrants including those from China and other Asian countries were first allowed to come to the ...