Service Learning Log Week 3

JOhana P. Martinez
Nina Perez
3/5/10
Introduction to Women’s Study


Activism: This week was when tabling started for our cause. I went on Tues for an hour and at first i stayed at the table because im a very shy person and so going up to people to ask for signatures was a challenge for me. Though as i started to see how Jen was able to get up and do it and seeing my other class mates do it was ease, i got the courage to do it and i was at first a little nervous but as i got to talk to more people about the cause the more i got better at getting signatures. In that hour i got ten signatures which was pretty good for being my first day. On Thurs i did the same thing but this time around i actually was able to get started right away.

Reflection: In this week's reading we talked about Violence Against Women, and since our service learning project is about getting the transgenders protection, it relates in how in the reading how women are being abused and how they sometimes don't have protection, they same similar pressures goes with lesbians, gays, transgender, so not only do women have to fight to be heard but also the gay community have a hard time trying to get protection for themselves (264). With the cause that we are working for is to stop violence on the gender identity as well as to let people know that they are like everyone else and need to be protected as everyone else.

Reciprocity: Well this week with the project made me more courageous to go up to people and talk to them about what gender identity was without getting shy or nervous, and also to talk about it with my parents but thats going to take a little longer for me to do since they are so close minded.

Work Cited:
Kirk, Gwyn, and Margo Okazawa-Rey. "Violence Against Women." Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2010. 257-300. Print.