Group Activism Blog: Week 6

Madison Zierk
Jeannina Perez
WST 3015 Sec. 0002
3/26/10

Group Activism Blog: Week 6

Activism

This week Gryphyn, Ryan, and I went with a group from UCF to lobby in Tallahassee. Dominique told us of this event and that she was going. We decided that this would be a great opportunity to try to get into contact with Senator Deutch and Senator Aronberg. Before the trip to Tallahassee we assigned each other jobs for the day's efforts. Ryan was assigned the job of researching possible markets to get Gryphyn's article published. I was assigned the job of creating interview questions in case we had the chance to speak with either or both senators that day. Gryphyn had a book of publishing markets for Ryan to research the markets in. She also had a book with a chapter teaching the reader how to construct and carry out an interview. I read that chapter and was fully prepared to interview Deutch or Aronberg if the opportunity were to arise. Sadly though I was not given that chance. It happened to be that the Senators were going into session the night of the day we were there visiting the Capitol.

Reflection

The day at the Capitol didn't see any accomplishments on our group's behalf but I did notice progress with the larger group we were with. This brought me to the conclusion that if we had more than just three people trying to convey our cause we probably would have been able to speak to more representatives and senators. The closest our group got to either Aronberg or Deutch was towards the end of the day we passed Aronberg in the hallway. He was on his way to the Senate session so he didn't have any time to talk. All in all the day wasn't a success on our group's end but it was a learning experience that I was glad to partake in.

Reciprocity

The article "Women and the Military, War, and Peace" talks about how the military is often viewed as being homophobic, racist, and sexist. This is the same problem with abstinence-only sex education programs. I'm hoping that once I become a sex educator that I can eliminate these problems and bring about a sex education program that speaks to all young men and women from different walks of life.

Work Cited

"Women and the Military, War, and Peace." Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives. Ed. Gwyn Kirk and Margo Okazawa-Rey. 5th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2009. 493-511. Print.