Today i had the great opportunity of joining the 'Super Minds Club' at the United Community Center in Downtown Milwaukee for their Memory Loss Program. As it is the national Spanish heritage month the day was based on 'personal heritage' and those memories. All participants were Spanish speaking and were from countries such as Mexico and Puerto Rico.
The day started off with an ice breaker activity which was interesting. The group were pushed intellectually by working in teams to discuss all of the countries in Central America - a difficult challenge for the best of us!! But there were able to do this and it provided ideas and visuals of their background heritage. This was adapted and discussed further into painting their personal flags onto canvas boards.
Instead of leaving the workshop room for a break, the individuals participated in Zumba, which originated from Columbia (Central America). Even though this was a very different workshop to all of the previous programs i have observed, it showed me that to push individual potential really inspires and empowers them. The zumba class worked as a powerful tool to re-engage them back into the activities, similar to art making in a studio whilst talking about art pieces.
