Service Learning Log Week 9

Jen Ackerman
Nina Perez
4/16/10
Introduction to Women's Studies

Activism: Yesterday morning the SAFE board members presented our campaign to UCF's Golden Rule Committee, later that day I found out from Rebecca it was accepted. Today was the Day of Silence and the the Rally for our campaign. We met up in the morning and begun the day by being completely silent. During this time I handed out slips of paper explaining the silence and also handing out Don't Ask Don't Tell information. We did a quick march around campus and then broke our silence by screaming on the top of our lungs for about 2 minutes. Then the celebration rally for our project begun.

Reflection: After doing this whole campaign I am nothing but proud. I cannot believe Gender Identity and Expression got into UCF's Non- Discrimination Policy but also that I had a part in it. In the first chapter in our text it talks about the future and what we can do to make equality happen. "[inequality is] a major threat to long-term security because they create literal and metaphorical walls, gates, and fences that separate people and maintain hierarchies among us (16)." After getting GIE into UCF's Non-Discrimination Policy, I feel like something very small is going to make a huge difference in some peoples lives. I worry about the future all the time, not just my future, but what it is going to be like in general. And I figure that what we did over this semester is a really good step to making our campus a more equal place for everyone.

Reciprocity: I could not be more happy with how this entire project has progressed. I am so glad our group decided to switch to EQUAL last minute and I hope that they are as well. This project has made me feel like I can actually do something and has shown me how people are willing to step up if given the information.

Kirk, Gwyn, and Margo Okazawa-Rey. "Women's Rights, Women's Liberation, Women's Studies." Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2010. 3-17. Print.