{"id":705,"date":"2017-03-06T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/?p=705"},"modified":"2017-03-20T18:36:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T22:36:01","slug":"expert-interview-cherri-peate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/2017\/03\/06\/expert-interview-cherri-peate\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert Interview &#8211; Cherri Peate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Ethnography Summary: Cherri Peate <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Date: 2\/8\/17<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Type: Interview<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Location: Mendoza College of Business<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Team Participants: Paul Cepak, Matthew McCormick, &amp; Parker Mathes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">User Characteristics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Community Outreach Director &#8212; Office of the Mayor<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2013 &#8211; Present (4 yrs.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indiana University and DePaul graduate<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sociology concentration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Statistics\/Research<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Female<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Passion for public policy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Primary focus lies in areas other than homelessness<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Abstract: Cherri is was our first touchpoint. We had a 40 minute conference call in which we learned more about the parameters of our project and the problem of homeless in South Bend. We refined our scope to chronic homelessness with a specific focus on how the issues of mental health and criminal records affect individuals trying to escape homelessness and regain sustainable independence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What is this person\u2019s greatest asset to our project? Knowledge and Network. Through our conversation we were quickly brought up to speed on all necessary information and immediately put in touch with other individuals\/organizations in the community. Leveraging Cherri\u2019s network was an important launching pad for our project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Top 3 Learnings:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The scope of our project will focus on those categorized as being chronically homeless, addressing both <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">how<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to get them out of their current state of homelessness and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">how<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to prevent them from falling back into homelessness.<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perspective: Eyes of someone about to be homeless<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Bend has many resources for the homeless population, including the Center for the Homeless, weather amnesty, and many soup kitchens. There are programs in place. Now how do we help drive improvement?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A large percentage of chronically homeless individuals are afflicted with a mental illness, increasing the difficulty of exiting their current state of homelessness. Additionally, many also have criminal records, decreasing the likelihood of receiving sustainable future employment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Key Insights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cherri helped us realize there are many people we can reach out to and many different volunteer\/interview opportunities available on a weekly basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although seemingly obvious, many of the homeless individuals struggle with extenuating circumstances (i.e. mental illness, criminal record, &amp; injury)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Point in Time statistics provide accurate numbers on SB homeless population<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Memorable Quote:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou need to step into their shoes to gather information and devise insightful solutions. Your perspective needs to be from the eyes of someone about to be homeless\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Takeaway: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Statistics of SB homeless population<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reach out to Rob Booker, director at SB corrections facility<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Initial contact with Center for the Homeless<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Attend soup kitchen downtown on Friday\u2019s<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>5 \u201cE\u201d Framework<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Entice:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reach out initially over email<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Set up phone call 4pm February 8th<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enter:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do initial research on SB homeless population<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prepare questions for Cherri<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Locate destination and coordinate logistics<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engage:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conference call with Cherri<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Absorb information on SB homeless population<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ask questions <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exit:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ask Cherri for next steps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rob Booker, SB corrections facility<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Center for Homeless<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extend:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Begin to utilize Cherri\u2019s network <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reach out Rob, set up time to meet in person<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Attending the downtown soup kitchen, engage homeless population for firs time<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethnography Summary: Cherri Peate Date: 2\/8\/17 Type: Interview Location: Mendoza College of Business Team Participants: Paul Cepak, Matthew McCormick, &amp; Parker Mathes User Characteristics: Community Outreach Director &#8212; Office of the Mayor 2013 &#8211; Present (4 yrs.) 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