In the “Do” stage, my group and I scheduled a fieldwork with a non-profit organization called Dress For Success. This organization helped women get/prepare them for jobs by giving them interview clothes and prepping them for the interview. Then if the women got the job, Dress For Success gave them a week’s worth of work clothes, accessories, make-up, etc. so that they wouldn’t have to use their first week’s pay to buy clothing. When we volunteered, it was on a Saturday and the first day of Winter Break, but we were committed to helping them.

Our actions didn’t directly help anyone; we helped in a more subtle way. At Dress For Success we helped organize everything from blouses to skirts to pants to shirts to shoes. When the volunteers at Dress For Success give the women interview clothes, they pick things out that the women feel confident and comfortable in and we made it easier to find clothes for them. After the fieldwork, we reflected on what we had just done and we felt elated about how we had helped out and we felt good about what we had just did. We also realized how fortunate we were to have access to clothing and people around us who will help us throughout whatever we will face.