Service Learning-VOX Benefit Preparation

In order to prepare for the VOX Let's Talk About Sex Baby Benefit we had to prepare the goodie bags that people would win! We got together at Cristina's house and made a line where we all put in goodies and then sealed the bags. I am very excited for the event! I hope a lot of people show up!

SL Fashion Show

Bianca and I have fallen behind. I have found some ideas to share with Bianca regarding sustainable fashion to share with her.

I will also be attending the meeting this week, after class.

SL: Fashion Show

Hi all,
So, as it turns out, Lindsey and I have fallen behind on planning the fashion show. We've got less than a month to make up for lost time, so I'm asking you for your help.

We are staying after class today to figure out what we need to do to get this done. I would love if you'd be able to stay and contribute ideas. If you have ideas already, bring those; if you just want to brainstorm, that would be great too. And this should all count for service learning hours.

Thanks,
Bianca

Update

Hey everyone It seems that everything is getting more crazy as the weeks get closer to the end. I held a garage sale for relay for life and made 107 dollars Our next fund rasier is going to be a basket raffel which I am very excited about it. I went to a meeting the other night the central florida Relay for life center has raised over a million dollars i for the cause. I can't wait. If anyone would like to come out a support this great cause there will be one event held next March 26 and 27 Friday and Saturday at Lawton Childs Middle School in Oviedo. The walk begins 6pm Hope everyone is doing great see you all in class

Jessica

Service Learning!!!!

So, Take Back the Night is rapidly approaching and I've gotten a lot done but there's definitely still a lot more to be done! So far I've booked all of the speakers with the exception of 2 spoken word artists. And all of the people to come and table at our event have been confirmed with the exception of two local agencies.

Fliers have been ordered and should be in by next week which meas we start distributing next week! I still need to get a few things put together like food, banners, statistics, etc.

That's where we're at right now. It's coming along and should be fantastic!

SL VOX

I have been working with Cristina and our president Abigail to attain financial allocation for our members to attend the Civil Liberties and Public Policies conference in Massachusetts. We had some issues with SGA but we were given a second chance and are preparing for our second allocation request. We have also been working on getting donations and promotion of our Let's Talk About Sex benefit at the end of March!

Service Learning - Animal Safehouse

This week for my service learning project, I tabled outside of the Student Union for four hours on Tuesday. Leandra Preston also made it known to the Animal Safehouse members and Women's Studies Program students that one of the Orlando pet shelters was being closed for renovations and that the animals needed to be adopted and/or fostered and those remaining would be euthanized. I sent out Facebook messages and made phone calls to any of my friends or classmates that might have been able to take on the foster care of an animal for a few weeks. I am unable to foster animals because pets are not allowed in my apartment complex, but trying to find homes for animals with other people has gone relatively well.

SLing Post 3

I believe this is my third post--I've been sort of forgetful about my posting, but I really wanted to talk about the International Women's Day Panel Discussion event that happened yesterday. The panel was really diverse & knowledgeable (AND it included two of our own classmates, Kevin & Ross, both of whom were absolutely excellent). The topics were really varied and the panel's answers and perspectives were varied as well.

Don't get me wrong, everyone was incredibly respectful, but it didn't become a nod-fest where everyone agreed with each other; there were a few healthy debates that went on, and we unpacked a lot of issues. I actually think nearly everyone in the audience spoke and gave their opinion as well.

There was a definite global perspective taken on the discussion; the panel touched on issues such as the fact that there are more slaves in the world today than in the 1800s, the fact that girls in Afghanistan had acid thrown on their faces just for wanting to learn, the fact that in some cases domestic violence is seen as a pre-existing condition to insurance companies...I mean I could go on & on.

I definitely left the auditorium with a head filled to near explosion with facts and terrible statistics that have incited an even greater need to be active on my part. So I really wanted to make mention of the event from an audience perspective--it was great. Thanks & congrats to all involved.

SL Post 3?

I think this is post three.

My schedule is really baring down on me and preventing me from doing any SL hours. I wanted to attend the International Women's Day thing Ross is putting on, however it's the night before a huge midterm.

Hopefully, once my thesis is done, I can crank out some hours.

I do plan to attend the YWLP Girl Power Movie Night showing of "Real Women Have Curves" which tackles issues of class, race and gender. Although I am a YWLP facilitator, my attendance at this event is not mandatory. (Please let me know if that doesn't count!)

Service Learning: Interview #2

My second interview in Nicaragua was with the Director of Public Relations for the National Theater "Ruben Dario." This interview fell into my lap haphazardly as Senor Daniel just happened to know this women and thought I may be able to get something from her. Her position was not politically appointed but she informed me of the Theater's history of independence from the political process because of it's mission to bring culture to Nicaragua. The interview went somewhat slowly because her experiences in the revolution were few.

However, she told me one story that I found to be very interesting. Two years prior, the National Theater invited a dance group to the theater. When they were sent audition materials they based their decision on what they saw on the tapes. However, problems arose when the group performed the dance to the Nicaraguan public. Turns out there were several transvestite performers and what seemed to disturb people was the fact that they were transvestites. During this part of the performance the entire cast comes down, dances with the audience, on the audience, etc. and several patrons were upset because this "is not what they paid to see." While, this may not be something I can use in my project it was something startling about the view on sexuality in Nicaragua.