History - Progressive Challenge
About the Progressive Challenge
The definition of progressive is "favoring or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas". But, I think this word can be very flexible in the sense that the ideas a progressive is pushing don't have to be liberal. Anybody can push any political agenda and call themselves progressive if their ideas are seen as contributions to society, and taking us one step further in development and/or civilization.
For my progressive challenge, I wanted to tackle veteran's issues. My two other partners had family and close relatives who were veterans, but I didn't. I wanted to get in touch with other veteran's stories because I can really appreciate their sacrifices and never find their history lessons dull. I can see the impact that their sacrifices had on us every day, since we're still a standing country.
The definition of progressive is "favoring or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas". But, I think this word can be very flexible in the sense that the ideas a progressive is pushing don't have to be liberal. Anybody can push any political agenda and call themselves progressive if their ideas are seen as contributions to society, and taking us one step further in development and/or civilization.
For my progressive challenge, I wanted to tackle veteran's issues. My two other partners had family and close relatives who were veterans, but I didn't. I wanted to get in touch with other veteran's stories because I can really appreciate their sacrifices and never find their history lessons dull. I can see the impact that their sacrifices had on us every day, since we're still a standing country.
Project Process
Human Centered Problem Statement:
"Our veterans need more efficient and better funded health centers simply because of the effort and sacrifice they give to our country."
"Our veterans need more efficient and better funded health centers simply because of the effort and sacrifice they give to our country."
Prototyping
In this staged we started to develop our invention that would help combat our Human Centered Problem Statement. We wanted to create these business cards that would be compact and durable enough to fit in any pocket or wallet and survive harsh weather conditions. On the card there would be contact information for various support groups, medical consultations, and financial assistance services for veterans.
In this staged we started to develop our invention that would help combat our Human Centered Problem Statement. We wanted to create these business cards that would be compact and durable enough to fit in any pocket or wallet and survive harsh weather conditions. On the card there would be contact information for various support groups, medical consultations, and financial assistance services for veterans.