Jessiel Gerena
Nina Perez
WST 3015
2 April 2010
Activism Log 6
Activism : This week was fast paced after a couple of slow weeks for our group. This week we met with our service learning partner Nina Perez and mapped out a plan on how we are going to promote and reach out to everyone. We finally got our letter that will be mailed out to feminist organizations , U.S congressmen and congresswomen, and women studys programs across the country. This will be the marketing campaign of gaining support and hopefully making it that much more a reality to having a National Womens Holiday. My task has been to edit and mail the letters to different representatives and political organizations.
Reflection:
This week I feel that we are left with such a giangantic and historic task in creating this federal holiday. This social movement we are creating must keep the motivation for the need for a national holiday recognizing the struggles of women . This reminds of the lashback we got on our facebook group . We have had some great initial reaction with it reaching over 700 fans with in a couple weeks. We had some individuals who didn’t quiete understand our purpose and didn’t feel the need to have a national women’s holiday recognizing the struggle. We originally just had feminist quotes and it turned off many of the fans of the group. We were reminded to stay focused on the task and that our job was to educate and to “build our reputations in terms of scholarly work and academic rigor.”(Kirk).
Reciprocity:
Our work is creating the foundation to get a National Womens Holiday recognizing the struggles of women obtaining rights and steps toward equality. Our service learning partner Nina Perez wanted to do this for quite some time . This has helped her create a foundation that can be continued in order to realize the goal of having a National Womens Holiday. As a political science student , the letters that will be going out soon are crucial to gain the support we need in the US Congress. Politicians like nothing more then to have their name attached to such historic and monumental legislation. Politicians can use this Holiday as a way to make their stamp in US history.
Works Cited
Kirk, Gwyn, and Margo Okazawa-Rey. Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives. 5th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2010. Print.
Apr 3, 2010
act blog week 3
Jessiel Gerena
WSt 3015
Nina Perez
Week3
Activism: This week we got a petition finished for our facebook group . I didn’t do this petition but did help spread the news. Getting this petition is crucial as is will help legitimize for polticial suppport. In politics the best way for a poltician to get behind a legislation is to show theirs public support for it .A policitician wants to support popular legislation to be recognize in its legacy.
Reflection: In every modern movement we see a turn to be a people’s movement . the best way to feel empowered is a grassroots movement because it gives you the power to put all the energy you want to in it. “We can be individuals ,who also must find a common ground from which to speak collectively . We can share our stories,lead by example and be actvist in our daily lives .This is what it menas to fight like a girl” (Seely). Like Alice Paul before us we must fight a hard fight in order to get our national holiday recognized it wont be easy. We have seen this the amount of dropoff from the facebook group number to our petition numbers its defintately lower.
Reciprocity: This is great for politicians . Who ever sponsors this legisalition,can go to the floor of congress and say they have 1,000 signers or more from US citizens supporting this legislation, Any politiciancan then use these numbers to say how they should support the will of the people and that by supporting this they are supporting will of the people. They can also use this petition to educate the legislature on who is Alice Paul and what this holiday would recognzie .Alot of times congress people would go to congress without knowledge of what a bill is about or what it will do .
Works Cited
Seely, Megan. "Fight like A Girl." Fight like a Girl: How to Be a Fearless Feminist. New York: New York UP, 2007. 16. Print.
WSt 3015
Nina Perez
Week3
Activism: This week we got a petition finished for our facebook group . I didn’t do this petition but did help spread the news. Getting this petition is crucial as is will help legitimize for polticial suppport. In politics the best way for a poltician to get behind a legislation is to show theirs public support for it .A policitician wants to support popular legislation to be recognize in its legacy.
Reflection: In every modern movement we see a turn to be a people’s movement . the best way to feel empowered is a grassroots movement because it gives you the power to put all the energy you want to in it. “We can be individuals ,who also must find a common ground from which to speak collectively . We can share our stories,lead by example and be actvist in our daily lives .This is what it menas to fight like a girl” (Seely). Like Alice Paul before us we must fight a hard fight in order to get our national holiday recognized it wont be easy. We have seen this the amount of dropoff from the facebook group number to our petition numbers its defintately lower.
Reciprocity: This is great for politicians . Who ever sponsors this legisalition,can go to the floor of congress and say they have 1,000 signers or more from US citizens supporting this legislation, Any politiciancan then use these numbers to say how they should support the will of the people and that by supporting this they are supporting will of the people. They can also use this petition to educate the legislature on who is Alice Paul and what this holiday would recognzie .Alot of times congress people would go to congress without knowledge of what a bill is about or what it will do .
Works Cited
Seely, Megan. "Fight like A Girl." Fight like a Girl: How to Be a Fearless Feminist. New York: New York UP, 2007. 16. Print.
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