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Service Learning is an educational strategy set in place to enlighten students with instruction and experience, in addition to improve learning , teach responsibility, and support the community. Service learning is vital to the development of the student, given that it intertwines academic and personal development together. It is aimed to enhance a student’s learning in all aspects of life.

Chapter 9, Gender Inequality, is a satisfying look into gender disparity. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the chapter was written from a feminist perspective, because feminism as a whole is usually thought of as something only women should care about or benefit from. However, feminism is important to both genders, and should be at the forefront of social discussions. One of the most important parts of the chapter is when the author discusses not only the differences between men and women, but the differences between women of different races, classes, and sexualities. This intersectionality is not usually discussed as much as the “women vs. men” debates, but are just as key to change as feminism itself. One group I was surprised

Zora Neale Hurston was one of many authors who left an impact on society, particularly black America. Hurston is a remarkable author who reflects her life in most of her writings. She was a writer during the Harlem Renaissance Era. After much success, she was acknowledged as “Queen of the Harlem Renaissance,” yet her literary work was not given proper recognition in the beginning because she chose to write things in a different perspective than the normal political mindset dealing with race. Hurston explored women empowerment and feminism in her writing. She developed very strong, resilient women, but these women were placed in a society where they had to submit, be ladylike, and

In almost every professional field, in business and in the arts and sciences, women are still treated as second-class citizens. It would be a great service to tell girls who plan to work in society to expect this subtle, uncomfortable discrimination--tell them not to be quiet, and hope it will go away, but fight it. A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex, but neither should she "adjust" to prejudice and discrimination.(Freidan)

Topics covered included creating a vision for a healthier lifestyle, finance and food connections, healthy cultural food choices, and disease awareness and prevention; Women’s Empowerment (WE), a program focused on equipping women with the tools and knowledge they need to empower themselves in all areas of their lives which has served over 2,800 women; Empowerment Training Institute (ETI), a health awareness program that provides educational workshops on money management, personal development and business development to women and youth which has served over 2,400 low-income individuals last year; TWEF Technology Center, a state-of-the art computer lab that offers basic computer skills, language and social media training designed to prepare youth and women for college readiness and/or entrepreneurial endeavors that has served over 400 last year; Eagle Scholars Student Enrichment Program, an afterschool enrichment program that offers children and youth with access to delinquency prevention and intervention workshops, empowerment education, mentorship, tutoring and academic assistance and support, health and nutrition education, college prep studies, student leadership development and lifestyle

Throughout the readings, a major theme that kept reoccurring was the idea of gender inequality. Gender inequality is an issue that is still happening today, but it’s now

Promoting women’s equality in the workplace has been a central focus throughout my professional life. As a journeywoman carpenter (prior to my current academic career), I volunteered as a project leader for the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc., OTI (http://www.tradeswomen.net/) in Portland, Oregon. In this role, I taught women in OTI’s apprentice program introductory skills that allowed them to enroll in various trade union training programs throughout the Pacific Northwest. The goal of this work was simple, to increase the number of women in careers that were predominately male-dominated. At every stage of my academic career, I’ve made a concerted effort to mentor female students, and took great joy in watching them succeed. I believe that serving

My experience has been consistent with what we learned in class. This project brought light to the horrifying abuse that large number of children go through at a young age and this service learning project allowed me to better understand their suffering and their need for assistance. My service learning project made the course material relevant, because I could now better understand the necessity to provide support and comfort to children at a young age.

In many regions of Africa it is still common to practice female genital mutilation and other forms of violence against women in patriarchal societies and through the IAW many women and girls have been saved from such mutilation. Other programs include the provision of contraceptives for women, in particular those in poorer undeveloped nations. Pre and post natal care as well as other programs which foster the development and growth of women in leadership roles and avenues for women to create and develop businesses. These programs and campaigns have fostered the growth of so many women whether tangibly through their successes or intangibly through their improved self confidence and belief to know they can do better and should expect better despite their past. It has empowered women to overcome boundaries decades ago were impenetrable. As with any other process of change, they too have encountered challenges. Some of these are the same obstacles they try to overcome; gender biases and discrimination. Others include effecting a change in the mindset of individuals and in gaining support for their cause in male dominated countries and cultures where it is the status quo for women to 'know their place' and stay at home and 'raise' the kids. They also face economic and political challenges from governments and corporations who still believe the best senior executives should be males as opposed to promotions based on

Women’s service work has the fatal combination of responsibility and powerlessness as they are held responsible for the good outcomes for men and children reducing then to a servant level. Men do not serve women as women serve men. By overcoming oppression, sexism can be eliminated.

WomenOne is a non-profit committee, dedicated to making positive change within the lives women and girls globally, through access to quality education. They support verified, innovative, community-based, formal and non-formal instructional initiatives. By advocating for the power of one educated woman to remodel her life, thus she's going to inspire a community, and alter the planet. Without the opportunity of education, the future of the unfortunate girls would be circumcision, an arranged marriage, and a probable life of poverty. WomenOne is a new non-profit, created in 2011. However, even in short time they have already traveled a long way to identify the needs of women and girls all across the globe and giving them a voice. They work

I found Kathleen Cahill’s presentation on service learning to be very interesting. I have always been aware of how important it is to do service for your community. In high school, I had to complete 100 hours of service over the four-year span. This increased my awareness of the importance of service, and showed me a variety of organizations the exist in Erie, PA. However, I was never aware of the high level of poverty that exists in Erie until I saw Kathleen Cahill’s presentation. I was shocked to learn that the number of those living in poverty in the City of Erie, is around 30%. This statistic made me realize even more the importance of service, especially in the Erie community.

In other words, the overall goal of this creative project is not only to make the individual aware of the broad branches of feminism, but to spark their imagination on how they can make a positive impact and further the development of gender equality. Moreover, in some of the activities, I provide background information so the individual would be able to imagine how it felt to be a feminist in a given time and analyze what they would have done in that scenario. For example, one of the activities I do is describe women’s suffrage and try to recreate the tribulations woman underwent to vote by providing a voting exam and allowing them to create their own suffrage sign they would have used. The book also contains engaging questions parents can ask their children, or vice-versa, while completing the different exercises. The purpose of this is to help develop a conversation concerning the different topics each activity reinforces and help guide parents in ways they can engage and interact with their

Although they have been given more rights and equality, women still lack fairness in areas such as education, domestic abuse, crime, and lower class value. Cassandra Clifford states in her article “Are Girls still marginalized? Discrimination and Gender Inequality in Today’s Society”, “Woman and girls are abused by their husbands and fathers, young girls are exploited by sex tourism and trafficking, girls in many countries are forced into arranged marriages at early ages. Twice as many women are illiterate as men, due to the large gap in education, and girls are still less likely to get jobs and excel in the work place than boys.” She describes some of the issues that women face today around the world. These issues are what keep society from coming together to form a better world.

As a student, I have become more aware of the needs of my community. I have always worked at being active in my community to help those in need. Most of my volunteer work revolved around collecting donations and lending a helping hand at shelters. My volunteer work did not usually involve an academic base. I was not concerned with the ins and outs of why homelessness was a problem or the difficulty women faced finding assistance to escape abusive relationships. I just knew the shelters were always in need of donations and that is where I found myself helping most. In this paper, I will describe a personal experience I have had with service learning. I will also select one service learning idea from the National Student Nurses’ Association planning guideline that interests me and describe how this type of experience will enhance my nursing student experience.