Johana P. Martinez
Nina Perez
4/28/10
Introduction to Women's Studies
Activism: We finally presented our class we the project, we all feel like we did a good job on it and we think it went well when we presented it.
Reflection: This project impacted me in many ways, first of all when we talked about the second half of Gaia Girl: Way of Water, how Miho the main character finally realized what she was fighting for and what she needed to protect. Even though she had to learned the hard way, i feel like that is how it was for myself. I did take this project seriously but i feel like it hit me at home when my parents found out what i was doing and confronted me about my sexual orientation, i felt like i couldn't hide it anymore so i finally had the courage to do it and i did, and even though my parents were more than furious and reacted in a way that i never thought they would. I don't regret ever telling them, it just made me a little more courageous with dealing with this and hopefully one day my parents will come around and accept me how i am.
Reciprocity: After doing this project im so excited to work on other projects and to keep helping out the gay community, I'm so confident with myself and am able to express myself in ways that i never thought i could. I learned how to table and put together petitions together and overall i learned to fight for peoples rights no matter how hostile other people can get when they are against a cause, it just makes me fight even harder for them.
Work cited:
Welles, Lee. Gaia Girls: Way of Water. New York: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Service Learning 9
Johana P. Martinez
Nina Perez
4/16/10
Introduction to Women's Studies
Activism: This week the SAFE board members presented our campaign to UCF's Golden Rule Committee, later that day the group and I found out from Rebecca it was accepted.Which for all of us was the best news we could have heard since we work so hard this semester to get this on the doctrine. Today was the Day of Silence and the the Rally for our campaign, i was able to go but i help make some poster board for it and from what i heard it was a good one, except i heard from my group that there was a group of middle school kids saying profanity to the cause and how one of our group members had a huge argument with someone who was against the cause, though overall they said it was a good Rally.
Reflection: Im so proud that our project was passed and that because of everyone's hard this was way possible. Which brings me to one of our discussion in class, which is when we were talking about the Gaia Girl enter the earth. In this discussion we talked about how the main character didnt give up on what she was fighting for, no matter how bad the situation got. I feel like that was my group this semester and no matter how many people refuse our cause or were against it, we didnt give on anything, on the other hand we tried harder for people to get to know our cause and support us.
Reciprocity: This project was a really good way for myself to open up to new things, express myself without being nervous, it also made me feel more courageous to tell my parents that i was gay and even though their reaction caught me by surprise i was proud that i finally didnt have to lie about a big part of my life. This project has shown me how people are willing to step up and help put when they know or learn what is going on.
Work Cited:
Welles, Lee.Gaia Girls: Enter the Earth. New York:Daisyworld P, 2006
Nina Perez
4/16/10
Introduction to Women's Studies
Activism: This week the SAFE board members presented our campaign to UCF's Golden Rule Committee, later that day the group and I found out from Rebecca it was accepted.Which for all of us was the best news we could have heard since we work so hard this semester to get this on the doctrine. Today was the Day of Silence and the the Rally for our campaign, i was able to go but i help make some poster board for it and from what i heard it was a good one, except i heard from my group that there was a group of middle school kids saying profanity to the cause and how one of our group members had a huge argument with someone who was against the cause, though overall they said it was a good Rally.
Reflection: Im so proud that our project was passed and that because of everyone's hard this was way possible. Which brings me to one of our discussion in class, which is when we were talking about the Gaia Girl enter the earth. In this discussion we talked about how the main character didnt give up on what she was fighting for, no matter how bad the situation got. I feel like that was my group this semester and no matter how many people refuse our cause or were against it, we didnt give on anything, on the other hand we tried harder for people to get to know our cause and support us.
Reciprocity: This project was a really good way for myself to open up to new things, express myself without being nervous, it also made me feel more courageous to tell my parents that i was gay and even though their reaction caught me by surprise i was proud that i finally didnt have to lie about a big part of my life. This project has shown me how people are willing to step up and help put when they know or learn what is going on.
Work Cited:
Welles, Lee.Gaia Girls: Enter the Earth. New York:Daisyworld P, 2006
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Service Learning 8
Johana P. Martinez
Nina Perez
4/9/10
Introduction to Women's Studies
Activism: This past week Rebecca recently let us know that we will be "breaking" the silence of Day of Silence by rallying for Gender identity and Expression Equality. The rally and events will be happening on April 16th. Since we pretty much had done all the tabling, all that was left was the final editing on the video that Jen had made, in which she had to be play the role of being a transgender woman. I havent seen the video yet but im pretty sure Jen did a great job putting it together and making the video very powerful to let everyone know that transgenders need to be treated equally as everyone else.
Reflection: During one of our *class discussion*, we were talking about identity and how women are identify or the myths about how people view feminist, well in this class discussion our group stood up to talk about our project and getting signatures, after we had explain our cause and what we were trying to do there was one person who instead of just not sign it or passing the paper a long they pretty much made a disgusting look and didnt even glance at it. This type of thing is what makes me frustrated because as a group we explain the cause of our project and still people are not respectful or at least try to be a little more open minded.
Reciprocity: This week I was excited that we are getting everything ready for the big day when we are rallying for this cause and also that when this is all over im going to leave with a satisfaction that we as a group fought for something and if we dont get what we want at least we can say we really did try our hard to work for this cause
*Class Discussion about our project*
Nina Perez
4/9/10
Introduction to Women's Studies
Activism: This past week Rebecca recently let us know that we will be "breaking" the silence of Day of Silence by rallying for Gender identity and Expression Equality. The rally and events will be happening on April 16th. Since we pretty much had done all the tabling, all that was left was the final editing on the video that Jen had made, in which she had to be play the role of being a transgender woman. I havent seen the video yet but im pretty sure Jen did a great job putting it together and making the video very powerful to let everyone know that transgenders need to be treated equally as everyone else.
Reflection: During one of our *class discussion*, we were talking about identity and how women are identify or the myths about how people view feminist, well in this class discussion our group stood up to talk about our project and getting signatures, after we had explain our cause and what we were trying to do there was one person who instead of just not sign it or passing the paper a long they pretty much made a disgusting look and didnt even glance at it. This type of thing is what makes me frustrated because as a group we explain the cause of our project and still people are not respectful or at least try to be a little more open minded.
Reciprocity: This week I was excited that we are getting everything ready for the big day when we are rallying for this cause and also that when this is all over im going to leave with a satisfaction that we as a group fought for something and if we dont get what we want at least we can say we really did try our hard to work for this cause
*Class Discussion about our project*
Service Learning 7
Johana P. Martinez
Nina Perez
4/1/10
Introduction to Women's Studies
Activism: This week, because i just got some more signatures and talk to Jen on how the video for the project was going, since she went to Tent City to get more people to be in it, she said it was at first a little awkward to ask people to say discriminating things about themselves but just to make the video more realistic. It would have been fun to have been there but because of work schedule i can only do so much for the cause.
Reflection: We had a reading about the All-American Queer Pakistani Girl, and during class we talked about how for those who have come out to their family have a hard time to do it and how their family will react. Just like Khan had a hard time to relate to her Pakistani background because of her sexuality, and to be accepted i feel like that's the same way it goes for the transgender community(179). Trying to have equal rights and to be accepted is hard for both these parties.
Reflection: This week and remembering the class discussion about coming out made me a little more courageous in coming out to my family. I know that for them accepting my lifestyle is going to take a while to accept but im sure they will come around.
Work Cited:
""The All-American Queer Pakistani Girl"" Women's Lives Multicultural Perspectives. Ed. Gwyn Kirk. Comp. Margo
Okazawa-Rey. By Surina A. Khan New York: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages,
2003. 178-180. Print.
Nina Perez
4/1/10
Introduction to Women's Studies
Activism: This week, because i just got some more signatures and talk to Jen on how the video for the project was going, since she went to Tent City to get more people to be in it, she said it was at first a little awkward to ask people to say discriminating things about themselves but just to make the video more realistic. It would have been fun to have been there but because of work schedule i can only do so much for the cause.
Reflection: We had a reading about the All-American Queer Pakistani Girl, and during class we talked about how for those who have come out to their family have a hard time to do it and how their family will react. Just like Khan had a hard time to relate to her Pakistani background because of her sexuality, and to be accepted i feel like that's the same way it goes for the transgender community(179). Trying to have equal rights and to be accepted is hard for both these parties.
Reflection: This week and remembering the class discussion about coming out made me a little more courageous in coming out to my family. I know that for them accepting my lifestyle is going to take a while to accept but im sure they will come around.
Work Cited:
""The All-American Queer Pakistani Girl"" Women's Lives Multicultural Perspectives. Ed. Gwyn Kirk. Comp. Margo
Okazawa-Rey. By Surina A. Khan New York: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages,
2003. 178-180. Print.
Service Learning 6
JOhana P. Martinez
Nina Perez
3/29/10
Introduction to Women's Studies
Activism: This week, i wanted to go to the Equal at Naturas to help Jen with the film she will be making for this project, but unfortunately because of my work schedule i wasnt able to go. Though i have been getting signatures i feel like i should have been there to help her out. Hopefully next time.
Reflection: Since i wasnt able to do much this week because of my work schedule, in one of our class discussion we talked about Living in the globalizing world and something in that reading that caught my eye was the section on human trafficking. Since there is little being done to solve this problem as well as a lot of people are not well informed of what human trafficking is, and its not just for sexual slaves, or for organs,but there is also trafficking about sweatshops and other kind of work related trafficking (381). The same goes to those who don't understand the term gender identity its not just about transgender, its more to it than what people may think it is.
Reciprocity: During class i learned to have a better understanding about different causes going on and how a simple word can mean so many things, we just got to go out there and leaned more about something instead of being close minded about subject that may be uncomfortable to talk about.
Work Cited:
Kirk, Gwyn, and Margo Okazawa-Rey. "Living in a Globalizing World" Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2010. 371-390. Print.
Nina Perez
3/29/10
Introduction to Women's Studies
Activism: This week, i wanted to go to the Equal at Naturas to help Jen with the film she will be making for this project, but unfortunately because of my work schedule i wasnt able to go. Though i have been getting signatures i feel like i should have been there to help her out. Hopefully next time.
Reflection: Since i wasnt able to do much this week because of my work schedule, in one of our class discussion we talked about Living in the globalizing world and something in that reading that caught my eye was the section on human trafficking. Since there is little being done to solve this problem as well as a lot of people are not well informed of what human trafficking is, and its not just for sexual slaves, or for organs,but there is also trafficking about sweatshops and other kind of work related trafficking (381). The same goes to those who don't understand the term gender identity its not just about transgender, its more to it than what people may think it is.
Reciprocity: During class i learned to have a better understanding about different causes going on and how a simple word can mean so many things, we just got to go out there and leaned more about something instead of being close minded about subject that may be uncomfortable to talk about.
Work Cited:
Kirk, Gwyn, and Margo Okazawa-Rey. "Living in a Globalizing World" Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2010. 371-390. Print.
Service Learning 5 ( skipped spring break)
JOhana P. Martinez
Nina Perez
3/17/19
Introduction to Women's Studies
Activism: Pretty much there was no tabling this week but i have been getting signatures about the cause and i also been getting help from my professor and they have been getting signatures too. I believe by next week we will be back to tabling and getting other stuff done for this project.
Reflection: In class we talked the reading on how marriage is a path to liberation, in that reading the author Ettelbrick says just like heterosexuals have the right to marry, lesbians and gay should be able to get married too (318). Pretty much is that getting marry shouldn't be taken as a path of liberation or anything like that, people should do it for the rights reason not just cause its the norm or the right thing to do. Pretty much what ive been doing through spring break is learning more about the cause im doing also letting people know what gender identity is.
Reciprocity: This week was a good learning experience, even though i wasnt on campus that much talking about the project, i was doing outside research about it so i can talk more about it when im trying to get signatures as well as be more educated about the subject. Hopefully by next week we can get back to tabling so i can used the new information i learned to get people to sign our petiticion
Work Cited:
Ettelbrick, Paula. "Since When Is Marriage a Path to Liberation?"Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2010. 317-320. Print.
Nina Perez
3/17/19
Introduction to Women's Studies
Activism: Pretty much there was no tabling this week but i have been getting signatures about the cause and i also been getting help from my professor and they have been getting signatures too. I believe by next week we will be back to tabling and getting other stuff done for this project.
Reflection: In class we talked the reading on how marriage is a path to liberation, in that reading the author Ettelbrick says just like heterosexuals have the right to marry, lesbians and gay should be able to get married too (318). Pretty much is that getting marry shouldn't be taken as a path of liberation or anything like that, people should do it for the rights reason not just cause its the norm or the right thing to do. Pretty much what ive been doing through spring break is learning more about the cause im doing also letting people know what gender identity is.
Reciprocity: This week was a good learning experience, even though i wasnt on campus that much talking about the project, i was doing outside research about it so i can talk more about it when im trying to get signatures as well as be more educated about the subject. Hopefully by next week we can get back to tabling so i can used the new information i learned to get people to sign our petiticion
Work Cited:
Ettelbrick, Paula. "Since When Is Marriage a Path to Liberation?"Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2010. 317-320. Print.
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.
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.
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