Service Learning Log Week 1

Johana P. Martinez
Nina Perez
2/17/10
Introduction to Women’s Study


Activism: Throughout the week my classmates and I had to figure out when would be a good time to meet up with our community partner to figure what we were going to do for our project. Initially our goal was to get sexual orientation put on the UCF golden rule doctrine but we later found out that it had been put on recently so we decided to then try to get Gender Identity on the doctrine. After trying to figure out when to meet we decided to meet on Friday the 19th with Rebecca Marques. That Friday she let us know what needed to get done and meeting we had to go to get started on the project. Jen was in charge of making a video for this project while Alex, Jennifer, Racheal and myself were to help get signatures, and we began to talk about when we can start tableling.

Reflection: This week activism can be related to when we talked about the reading on women's sexuality, where in the section on gender binaries is talked about how butch lesbians, cross dressers, drag kings, have challenged the norm of sexual orientation and how this community is trying to let it be known that everyone is equal no matter what they are (155). Starting this project i know its going to be a long and slow process to let people know that the gender identity community needs to be equal too.

Reciprocity: I'm really excited to begin with the service learning project, I feel like my group and the people who are going to support are going to be doing a good cause because like i mention before everyone in this universities deserves equal rights no matter what or who they are.

Work Cited:
Kirk, Gwyn, and Margo Okazawa-Rey. "Women's Sexuality" Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2010. 149-160. Print.