Activism log 8

Janet Audette

Prof. Nina Perez

WST 3015

4/11/10

Activism 8

Activism:

This week was our event. It was very rewarding to see all of the donations we have collected and to see that the event we spent so long planning fell so nicely into place. We spent about 4 hours at the venue setting up collecting donations and finally helping Arielle bring most of the items to her car. We all made boards, boxes and other display items for the event, with the help of some of the Animal Safehouse items we were able to have a wonderful display. Overall our event was extremely successful.

Reflection:

When I got home, I began to analyze our project throughout the semester. I recalled one of the earlier articles we read by Seely. The “How to fight like a girl” section explains how to be a successful activist. She also goes on to give specific steps all of which we followed to a T. I feel that one of the most important pieces of information she gave was that “we can raise our voices to speak against injustice at every level—individually and institutionally” (Seely 16). By organizing this event and brining the attention to many individuals we hopefully empowered many people to speak against the violence against women and pets.

Reciprocity:

All of the donations we collected and the success we had in spreading the world about this organization I feel show the grandeur of our success as a service learning group. Arielle was very satisfied with the amount of items we were able to collect. We were also able to find a few people to sign up to be foster parents, all in all a very successful event.

Seely, Megan. Fight Like a Girl: How to be a Fearless Feminist. New York and London: New York University Press, 2007