1. Activism: This week was when all the work we had done on the project came together, I collected all of the items I got donated and then we all got together and put the baskets together for the raffle at the basketball tournament. I was able to secure donations from two different restaurants, the Orlando Magic, the Orlando Science Center, and Starbucks. Putting the baskets together was also a lot of hard work but still really fun, it was nice seeing everything come together.
2. Reflection: Marie Wilson stated in her book Closing the Leadership Gap, that “everyone knows at least one women who should be urged to follow her dream, a woman who is utterly capable of being more than she is if only she were given encouragement; don’t wait for the culture to change, change it yourself by helping others to step forward (71). All the work we are doing with the basketball tournament for the LOL Project is encouraging these girls to change the current culture of bullying and also to become advocates for their fellow students.
3. Reciprocity: I feel like this may have been one of the most rewarding service learning projects I’ve worked on because it involved working with an organization that I feel is really important and for a cause that is extremely detrimental to adolescents and is becoming more prevalent in schools and even online. It also made me step out of my comfort zone and do things I may not have been comfortable doing before like calling businesses and asking for donations. I was not able to actually attend the basketball tournament but I heard it went really well, so I was very proud of all the work everyone did on it.
Works Cited:
Wilson, Marie: Closing the Leadership Gap; Add Women, Change Everything. London: Penguin, 2006. Print
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Service Learning #2
1. Activism: This week I contacted more businesses to see if they would be able to donate some items for the basketball tournament. I visited The Dessert Lady, Cobb Theaters, and Massage Envy, a few restaurants and I called the Central Florida Zoo and emailed the Science Center. I was successful with some of them and with others I could not get a response but all in all I was able to secure a lot of donations.
2. Reflection: According to Carli and Eagli, female leaders are expected to fulfill the female gender role by being warm and selfless, and on the other hand, they are also expected to fulfill the leadership role by displaying assertiveness and competence (101). In doing my service learning this week I learned this part of female leadership because I had to be assertive and competent when talking to these businesses if I was going to get them to donate to the basketball tournament.
3. Reciprocity: This service learning project is really rewarding because it’s taking me out of my comfort zone in having to go around to businesses and calling and emailing people. This project is helping me find and cultivate skills I didn’t know I had.
Works Cited:
Eagly, Alice, and Linda Carli. Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders. Harvard Business School Press, 2007
2. Reflection: According to Carli and Eagli, female leaders are expected to fulfill the female gender role by being warm and selfless, and on the other hand, they are also expected to fulfill the leadership role by displaying assertiveness and competence (101). In doing my service learning this week I learned this part of female leadership because I had to be assertive and competent when talking to these businesses if I was going to get them to donate to the basketball tournament.
3. Reciprocity: This service learning project is really rewarding because it’s taking me out of my comfort zone in having to go around to businesses and calling and emailing people. This project is helping me find and cultivate skills I didn’t know I had.
Works Cited:
Eagly, Alice, and Linda Carli. Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders. Harvard Business School Press, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Service Learning #1
1. Activism: I did my Service Learning in the beginning of the semester with The Slam Dunk for School Safety Basketball tournament, I was responsible for securing donations for the raffle and also for finding food for the event. The first week was when I did a lot of research on various businesses in my area to see who would donate and I also went around to a bunch of places to see if any of them would be interested in donating.
2. Reflection: So far my work on this project definitely correlates with what we are talking about in class, we've been discussing Batliwala's Feminist Leadership forSocial Transformation and she says that, transformative feminist leadership will use the analysis of gender and social discrimination in a particular society, community, or
setting as its starting point, and will attempt to transform the structures or institutions it engages towards a more gender and socially equitable architecture in both formal and informal terms. And of course, this politics must begin at home, from within the organization, movement, or other location from which it is attempting to change the larger reality (51). The Slam Dunk for School Safety Basketball tournament is raising
money for YWLP's LOL Project which is about raising awareness about bullying. So the leadership we are doing for this tournament, this project and with YWLP is attempting to change the social structure of bullying and schools.
3. Reciprocity: This is the first time I have worked with securing donations for a raffle for service learning and it is actually really hard work. I have tabled before and raised money that way but actually going to places and calling trying to secure donations was a very daunting task for me because I can be a little shy when it comes to asking for things. If anything this project gave me a little more courage in asking for things especially when it is for something I believe very strongly in.
Works Cited:
Batliwala, Srilatha. "Feminist Leadership For Social Transformation: Clearing the Conceptual Cloud." Crea (2011): 66. Print.
2. Reflection: So far my work on this project definitely correlates with what we are talking about in class, we've been discussing Batliwala's Feminist Leadership forSocial Transformation and she says that, transformative feminist leadership will use the analysis of gender and social discrimination in a particular society, community, or
setting as its starting point, and will attempt to transform the structures or institutions it engages towards a more gender and socially equitable architecture in both formal and informal terms. And of course, this politics must begin at home, from within the organization, movement, or other location from which it is attempting to change the larger reality (51). The Slam Dunk for School Safety Basketball tournament is raising
money for YWLP's LOL Project which is about raising awareness about bullying. So the leadership we are doing for this tournament, this project and with YWLP is attempting to change the social structure of bullying and schools.
3. Reciprocity: This is the first time I have worked with securing donations for a raffle for service learning and it is actually really hard work. I have tabled before and raised money that way but actually going to places and calling trying to secure donations was a very daunting task for me because I can be a little shy when it comes to asking for things. If anything this project gave me a little more courage in asking for things especially when it is for something I believe very strongly in.
Works Cited:
Batliwala, Srilatha. "Feminist Leadership For Social Transformation: Clearing the Conceptual Cloud." Crea (2011): 66. Print.
Media Watch Assignment
One would think that according to the video clip from the GOP that President Obama does not support women and definitely does not support women in political leadership roles but he has appointed Valerie Jarrett as his Senior White House adviser and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison since 2009. In fact she was a key player in his 2008 campaign for President and as well as being a Senior White House advisor, Jarrett is also the chair for the White House’s Council on Women and Girls (washingtonpost.com).
Most of the press about Valerie Jarrett has been good, although I do find that for some reason journalists always tend to write “fluff” pieces about females in leadership positions; for example Ms. Jarrett accidentally mistook a four-star General for a waiter and asked him for a glass of wine at a White House dinner, I guess these articles are meant to make said women more “likeable” and less “hard”. The one article that I thought was really great was an article about an equal pay app that Valerie helped create with the White House administration that helps women answer some difficult questions about equal pay such as; what's the typical salary for someone in your position? Should you be asking for more at the negotiating table? What are your fundamental legal rights, etc. (huffingtonpost.com). Eagli and Carli state that after statistically equalizing male and female characteristics, the wage gap shrinks but is not eliminated and the fact that the gap still remains suggests that discrimination affects wages (70), so having this equal pay app will help women and the White House address this wage gap.
Eagli and Carli state that it is no longer unusual to have women in the presidential cabinet or working as an advisor to the president (23). Valerie Jarrett is a perfect example of this and the articles I read about her support Eagli and Carli’s conclusions about women in positions of power because she is part of the increasing pattern of women getting advanced degrees and more women working in politics. So with all of this being said, I don’t see how the GOP can claim that President Obama is waging a war on women when he signed an executive order creating the White House Council on Women and Children and he works closely with the women who run it.
Word Count: 398
Works Cited
James, Michael. ABCNews.com. 3 February 2011. 10 April 2012
Jarrett, Valerie. The Huffington Post. 6 February 2012. 10 April 2012
Politics, Post. The Washington Post. n.d. 10 April 2012
Eagly, Alice, and Linda Carli. Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders. Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Leadership profile
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
All her life Mary Edwards Walker was always controversial; she was an early supporter of women’s rights and spoke passionately about dress reform, she was also the only woman in her class at med school and one of the first female surgeons in the United States. During the outbreak of the Civil War, Mary tried to join the Union Army, but was refused commission due to her gender. So she volunteered as a nurse at an Army hospital and also served as a battlefield nurse in title all while she was doing the work of a surgeon. Mary would later go on to serve as assistant surgeon of the 52nd Ohio Infantry; she would also be the first women to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, America’s highest military award After leaving the military she began writing and lecturing about women’s rights, dress reform, health and temperance issues. In 1866, she helped organize the Women’s Suffrage Association for Ohio; she was also a coordinator for the Central Women’s Suffrage Bureau (www.lkwdpl.org).
Mary Edwards Walker meets the criteria for feminist leadership for social transformation because she was constantly trying to push the constrictions that society had placed on women; be it with clothes, in school, in the workforce and in politics. She was a great leader for women because she pretty much did not care what anyone else thought about her. She was out-spoken, intelligent, and courageous and would definitely speak her mind and do what needed to be done to help people.
Mary’s leadership started out when she was young with dress reform; she refused to wear the constricting clothes of that time and would typically wear pants, a high-collared shirt, and a long dress coat. She then went on to medical school and became one of the first female surgeons in the U.S. and even though the military tried to dismiss her because of her gender, she still went on to volunteer as a nurse but do the duties of a surgeon during the Civil War. After leaving the military Mary’s effort went towards the Women’s suffrage movement and she helped Susan B. Anthony and Lucy Stone organize the Women’s Suffrage Association for Ohio. Mary and the mainstream suffrage movement eventually parted ways because she thought the suffragists needed to continue their fight in the individual states rather than fighting for a constitutional amendment. She felt this way because she thought if it was done on a state level; women could become electors for the House of Representatives.
In 1869, after having finally been granted a divorce; Mary wrote her first book, which was a combination autobiography and commentary on divorce. In her book she was advocating for more equal laws so wives and children could escape unhappy homes; thus requiring women’s ability to vote. Finally in 1890, Mary decided to run for Congress in Oswego, NY, the following year she campaigned for congress and then paid her way to the Democratic National Convention in 1893(www.lkwdpl.org). Political change was something Mary was always striving for.
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker accomplished many things in her life, although she is mainly remembered as “that shocking female surgeon in trousers!” She dedicated her life to the Women’s suffrage movement, to medicine, dress reform and finally to politics. To this day she is the only women to ever receive the Congressional Medal of Honor and in 2000 she was inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, NY (www.lkwdpl.org).
You can read more about Dr. Mary Edwards Walker on the following websites:
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor - Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, the Only Woman Medal of Honor Recipient and Slightly Ahead of Her Time
Mary Walker, Medal of Honor Awardee – North Georgia Notables website
About Mary Edwards Walker – Women's History website
Mary Edwards Walker, Civil War Doctor – Woman of Courage profile written and produced by the St. Lawrence County, NY Branch of the American Association of University Women
Word Count: 700
Works Cited
NNDB. NNDB tracking the entire world: Mary Edwards Walker. 2012. 16 2 2012
Women in History. Mary Edwards Walker biography. Last Updated: 2/16/2012. Lakewood Public Library. Date accessed 2/16/2012 ..
All her life Mary Edwards Walker was always controversial; she was an early supporter of women’s rights and spoke passionately about dress reform, she was also the only woman in her class at med school and one of the first female surgeons in the United States. During the outbreak of the Civil War, Mary tried to join the Union Army, but was refused commission due to her gender. So she volunteered as a nurse at an Army hospital and also served as a battlefield nurse in title all while she was doing the work of a surgeon. Mary would later go on to serve as assistant surgeon of the 52nd Ohio Infantry; she would also be the first women to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, America’s highest military award After leaving the military she began writing and lecturing about women’s rights, dress reform, health and temperance issues. In 1866, she helped organize the Women’s Suffrage Association for Ohio; she was also a coordinator for the Central Women’s Suffrage Bureau (www.lkwdpl.org).
Mary Edwards Walker meets the criteria for feminist leadership for social transformation because she was constantly trying to push the constrictions that society had placed on women; be it with clothes, in school, in the workforce and in politics. She was a great leader for women because she pretty much did not care what anyone else thought about her. She was out-spoken, intelligent, and courageous and would definitely speak her mind and do what needed to be done to help people.
Mary’s leadership started out when she was young with dress reform; she refused to wear the constricting clothes of that time and would typically wear pants, a high-collared shirt, and a long dress coat. She then went on to medical school and became one of the first female surgeons in the U.S. and even though the military tried to dismiss her because of her gender, she still went on to volunteer as a nurse but do the duties of a surgeon during the Civil War. After leaving the military Mary’s effort went towards the Women’s suffrage movement and she helped Susan B. Anthony and Lucy Stone organize the Women’s Suffrage Association for Ohio. Mary and the mainstream suffrage movement eventually parted ways because she thought the suffragists needed to continue their fight in the individual states rather than fighting for a constitutional amendment. She felt this way because she thought if it was done on a state level; women could become electors for the House of Representatives.
In 1869, after having finally been granted a divorce; Mary wrote her first book, which was a combination autobiography and commentary on divorce. In her book she was advocating for more equal laws so wives and children could escape unhappy homes; thus requiring women’s ability to vote. Finally in 1890, Mary decided to run for Congress in Oswego, NY, the following year she campaigned for congress and then paid her way to the Democratic National Convention in 1893(www.lkwdpl.org). Political change was something Mary was always striving for.
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker accomplished many things in her life, although she is mainly remembered as “that shocking female surgeon in trousers!” She dedicated her life to the Women’s suffrage movement, to medicine, dress reform and finally to politics. To this day she is the only women to ever receive the Congressional Medal of Honor and in 2000 she was inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, NY (www.lkwdpl.org).
You can read more about Dr. Mary Edwards Walker on the following websites:
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor - Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, the Only Woman Medal of Honor Recipient and Slightly Ahead of Her Time
Mary Walker, Medal of Honor Awardee – North Georgia Notables website
About Mary Edwards Walker – Women's History website
Mary Edwards Walker, Civil War Doctor – Woman of Courage profile written and produced by the St. Lawrence County, NY Branch of the American Association of University Women
Word Count: 700
Works Cited
NNDB. NNDB tracking the entire world: Mary Edwards Walker. 2012. 16 2 2012
Women in History. Mary Edwards Walker biography. Last Updated: 2/16/2012. Lakewood Public Library. Date accessed 2/16/2012 .
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Service Learning Proposal
Service Learning Proposal for Young Women’s Leadership Program
By: Valerie Tindall
February 14, 2012
Meredith Tweed
WST 3371
Community Partner Profile:
Community Partner: Young Women’s Leadership Program
Address: University of Central Florida Building: CNH411
Young Women Leaders Program
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
P.O. Box 161994
Orlando, FL 32816
407-823-6502
Contacts: Meredith Tweed, Maria Roman and Emily Vrotsos
Community Partner Mission Statement: The Young Women Leaders Program is a mentoring program sponsored by the UCF Women’s Studies Program. YWLP originated at the University of Virginia, and UCF launched the program in the Orlando community. YWLP promotes middle school girls’ leadership abilities, pairing collegiate women with middle school girls. In mentoring pairs and small groups of Big and Little Sisters, participants focus on learning competence and autonomy, independent thinking, empowerment, self-esteem, and encouraging girls to think about their futures. Mentoring sessions run in the fall and the spring (http://womensstudies.cah.ucf.edu/ywlp/index.php).
Political or Social Basis for Organization: Currently YWLP has partnered with their local community and the national AAUW to create a peer advocacy campaign to help students to empower themselves and others to stop bullying and forms of aggression among their peers. This project is called “leading Out Loud (LOL)” and it works by teaching the YWLP Little Sisters to become peer advocates at their middle schools. Ultimately this project will result in a field trip to UCF where the Little Sisters will work with UCF faculty, students and their Big Sisters to host anti-bullying workshops for local fifth grade boys and girls.
General Needs of Organization: YWLP needs students to volunteer with their Slam Dunk for School Safety basketball tournament/fundraiser on February 18th. The goal of the tournament is to raise $2,000 so that the LOL project and field trip are free for all the students. This event will include a basketball tournament, raffle of donated items, a concession stand, bake sale and entertainment.
The Proposal:
Memorandum
TO: Meredith L. Tweed
FROM: Valerie Tindall
DATE: February 14, 2012
Need for volunteers for the Young Women’s Leadership Program:
According to the website Stomp out Bullying; 1 out of 4 teens are bullied and 1 out of 5 teens admit to being a bully or bullying someone, also as many as 160,000 students stay home on any given day because they're afraid of being bullied (http://stompoutbullying.com). These are troubling statistics, especially now with the addition of cyber-bullying on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. During a mentoring session in September 2011, YWLP Little Sisters shared some of their experiences involving “physical fights, graffiti, cruel language and bullying on social networking sites”.
To help with this, YWLP has partnered with the national AAUW and their community to create the “leading Out Loud (LOL)” Campaign; which will help students to empower themselves and others to stop bullying among their peers. The YWLP Little Sisters are taught to become peer advocates at their local middle schools and will lead an anti-bullying day at their middle school in March. The project ends with a field trip to UCF, where the Little Sisters will host workshops for local fifth grade boys and girls.
To help raise money for the “LOL” project, YWLP will host the Slam Dunk for School Safety basketball tournament on February 18th, 2012. The plan is to raise an additional $2,000 so that the “LOL “project and field trip are free for all the students.
Plan Proposal:
Throughout the semester I will be helping YWLP work on their national AAUW grant on girl’s leadership to stop bullying. The main event I will be working on is the Slam Dunk for School Safety Basketball Tournament, which takes place Saturday February 18th, aside from the basketball tournament this event will have a raffle, concession stand, bake sale and, entertainment. For this event I will be trying to find donations for the raffle from local businesses and also trying to find food items for the concession stand. I will also be helping put together the donation baskets and any other little items that need to be done for the event.
Rationale for Women’s Studies:
Bullying among young people today is becoming more and more prevalent and most of them are too afraid or embarrassed to speak up about it. So for YWLP to create a program that empowers these young people to become peer advocates against bullying and aggressive behavior in school is what leadership and Women’s Studies is all about. In Srilatha Batliwala’s article Feminist Leadership for Social Transformation; she says that most of us are unable to leave behind the early experiences of powerlessness that damage our self-esteem and disable us from using our power within constructively, we clearly bring to organizations, the biases, conditioning, experiences with power, and other psychic baggage, as well as our aspirations, high minded goals, and good intentions (p.42). This being said we have all dealt with bullying in some shape or form when we were younger, whether we were the bully or the one being bullied, so we can take our experiences and help these young girls to become empowered in speaking out against bullying and empowering their own classmates to stop aggressive behavior taking place in schools.
Action:
I have already met with Meredith Tweed and Emily Vrotsos about the needs for this fundraising project and have discussed my responsibilities for this event. I have been given a donation letter and forms to go around to local businesses to see if they would like to donate items to the raffle or concession stand.
Timeline:
I will deliver the completed project on approximately April 19th, 2012. Please note that this date may fluctuate according to additional activities that become available throughout the semester.
February: weeks of the 6th-18th, go around to local businesses and see if they would like to donate items, keep in touch with them through email and calling.
February 17th-help set up donation baskets and any other miscellaneous items needed for the tournament.
February 18th: Slam Dunk for School Safety Basketball tournament
Word Count: 1,105
Works Cited
Love Our Children USA. Stomp Out Bullying. 2011. 14 2 2012.
Batliwala, Srilatha. "Feminist Leadership For Social Transformation: Clearing the Conceptual Cloud." Crea (2011): 66. Print.
UCF CAH: Young Women Leaders Program: Schools." UCF: CAH: Women's Studies Program: Mentoring Programs for Faculty. UCF Women's Studies Program. Web. 12 Feb. 2012..
By: Valerie Tindall
February 14, 2012
Meredith Tweed
WST 3371
Community Partner Profile:
Community Partner: Young Women’s Leadership Program
Address: University of Central Florida Building: CNH411
Young Women Leaders Program
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
P.O. Box 161994
Orlando, FL 32816
407-823-6502
Contacts: Meredith Tweed, Maria Roman and Emily Vrotsos
Community Partner Mission Statement: The Young Women Leaders Program is a mentoring program sponsored by the UCF Women’s Studies Program. YWLP originated at the University of Virginia, and UCF launched the program in the Orlando community. YWLP promotes middle school girls’ leadership abilities, pairing collegiate women with middle school girls. In mentoring pairs and small groups of Big and Little Sisters, participants focus on learning competence and autonomy, independent thinking, empowerment, self-esteem, and encouraging girls to think about their futures. Mentoring sessions run in the fall and the spring (http://womensstudies.cah.ucf.edu/ywlp/index.php).
Political or Social Basis for Organization: Currently YWLP has partnered with their local community and the national AAUW to create a peer advocacy campaign to help students to empower themselves and others to stop bullying and forms of aggression among their peers. This project is called “leading Out Loud (LOL)” and it works by teaching the YWLP Little Sisters to become peer advocates at their middle schools. Ultimately this project will result in a field trip to UCF where the Little Sisters will work with UCF faculty, students and their Big Sisters to host anti-bullying workshops for local fifth grade boys and girls.
General Needs of Organization: YWLP needs students to volunteer with their Slam Dunk for School Safety basketball tournament/fundraiser on February 18th. The goal of the tournament is to raise $2,000 so that the LOL project and field trip are free for all the students. This event will include a basketball tournament, raffle of donated items, a concession stand, bake sale and entertainment.
The Proposal:
Memorandum
TO: Meredith L. Tweed
FROM: Valerie Tindall
DATE: February 14, 2012
Need for volunteers for the Young Women’s Leadership Program:
According to the website Stomp out Bullying; 1 out of 4 teens are bullied and 1 out of 5 teens admit to being a bully or bullying someone, also as many as 160,000 students stay home on any given day because they're afraid of being bullied (http://stompoutbullying.com). These are troubling statistics, especially now with the addition of cyber-bullying on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. During a mentoring session in September 2011, YWLP Little Sisters shared some of their experiences involving “physical fights, graffiti, cruel language and bullying on social networking sites”.
To help with this, YWLP has partnered with the national AAUW and their community to create the “leading Out Loud (LOL)” Campaign; which will help students to empower themselves and others to stop bullying among their peers. The YWLP Little Sisters are taught to become peer advocates at their local middle schools and will lead an anti-bullying day at their middle school in March. The project ends with a field trip to UCF, where the Little Sisters will host workshops for local fifth grade boys and girls.
To help raise money for the “LOL” project, YWLP will host the Slam Dunk for School Safety basketball tournament on February 18th, 2012. The plan is to raise an additional $2,000 so that the “LOL “project and field trip are free for all the students.
Plan Proposal:
Throughout the semester I will be helping YWLP work on their national AAUW grant on girl’s leadership to stop bullying. The main event I will be working on is the Slam Dunk for School Safety Basketball Tournament, which takes place Saturday February 18th, aside from the basketball tournament this event will have a raffle, concession stand, bake sale and, entertainment. For this event I will be trying to find donations for the raffle from local businesses and also trying to find food items for the concession stand. I will also be helping put together the donation baskets and any other little items that need to be done for the event.
Rationale for Women’s Studies:
Bullying among young people today is becoming more and more prevalent and most of them are too afraid or embarrassed to speak up about it. So for YWLP to create a program that empowers these young people to become peer advocates against bullying and aggressive behavior in school is what leadership and Women’s Studies is all about. In Srilatha Batliwala’s article Feminist Leadership for Social Transformation; she says that most of us are unable to leave behind the early experiences of powerlessness that damage our self-esteem and disable us from using our power within constructively, we clearly bring to organizations, the biases, conditioning, experiences with power, and other psychic baggage, as well as our aspirations, high minded goals, and good intentions (p.42). This being said we have all dealt with bullying in some shape or form when we were younger, whether we were the bully or the one being bullied, so we can take our experiences and help these young girls to become empowered in speaking out against bullying and empowering their own classmates to stop aggressive behavior taking place in schools.
Action:
I have already met with Meredith Tweed and Emily Vrotsos about the needs for this fundraising project and have discussed my responsibilities for this event. I have been given a donation letter and forms to go around to local businesses to see if they would like to donate items to the raffle or concession stand.
Timeline:
I will deliver the completed project on approximately April 19th, 2012. Please note that this date may fluctuate according to additional activities that become available throughout the semester.
February: weeks of the 6th-18th, go around to local businesses and see if they would like to donate items, keep in touch with them through email and calling.
February 17th-help set up donation baskets and any other miscellaneous items needed for the tournament.
February 18th: Slam Dunk for School Safety Basketball tournament
Word Count: 1,105
Works Cited
Love Our Children USA. Stomp Out Bullying. 2011. 14 2 2012
Batliwala, Srilatha. "Feminist Leadership For Social Transformation: Clearing the Conceptual Cloud." Crea (2011): 66. Print.
UCF CAH: Young Women Leaders Program: Schools." UCF: CAH: Women's Studies Program: Mentoring Programs for Faculty. UCF Women's Studies Program. Web. 12 Feb. 2012.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Introductory Letter
Hi everybody! My name is Valerie Tindall and I am a senior here at UCF, my major is Women’s Studies with a minor in Communications, and I am also thinking about adding another minor, maybe in political science. I am originally from Cooper City Florida, which is a small suburb outside of Fort Lauderdale, but I’ve been living in Orlando for about eight years now. Growing up I was raised in a very feminist, liberal household so going into Women’s Studies just seemed like a very natural thing for me to do and I was very interested in the history of Women’s Studies and how everything began.
From a very young age I think I was always interested in leadership and how to be a better leader and I think it’s because I was always so shy, so I wanted to try and figure out a way to use my voice and get it heard. As far as being a leader right now, I am a shift supervisor at Starbucks so I am responsible for directing the baristas that I work with on what to do and how to do it and if I didn’t have strong leadership skills, it would make the job very difficult, luckily I am very good at my job. I am still trying to find other outlets for my leadership skills, such as volunteering for an organization or some type of activism but between working full time and going to school full time and trying to have some semblance of a social life, it’s kind of difficult to find the extra time.
Defining leadership, I feel is a difficult thing to do because everyone has a different definition for it, but to me it’s about taking on the responsibility of guiding or directing people with a shared common goal. I think leadership can be different for different genders, I know for me as a woman when I am leading a group at work I take into account everyone’s strengths but I also take into account how someone is feeling that day or what position they would like to be in. Where I feel like some men that I have worked with tend to just put people where they want them and don’t take the individual into account.
This will be my second leadership class I am taking, I have also taken Girls and Leadership and I am still hoping to overcome this shyness I have about speaking up in class and sharing my ideas. I am hoping that this class will help me to use my leadership skills all the time, even in situations I am not comfortable in.
I have read, understand, and agree to the terms of the course syllabus and the blogging protocols.
From a very young age I think I was always interested in leadership and how to be a better leader and I think it’s because I was always so shy, so I wanted to try and figure out a way to use my voice and get it heard. As far as being a leader right now, I am a shift supervisor at Starbucks so I am responsible for directing the baristas that I work with on what to do and how to do it and if I didn’t have strong leadership skills, it would make the job very difficult, luckily I am very good at my job. I am still trying to find other outlets for my leadership skills, such as volunteering for an organization or some type of activism but between working full time and going to school full time and trying to have some semblance of a social life, it’s kind of difficult to find the extra time.
Defining leadership, I feel is a difficult thing to do because everyone has a different definition for it, but to me it’s about taking on the responsibility of guiding or directing people with a shared common goal. I think leadership can be different for different genders, I know for me as a woman when I am leading a group at work I take into account everyone’s strengths but I also take into account how someone is feeling that day or what position they would like to be in. Where I feel like some men that I have worked with tend to just put people where they want them and don’t take the individual into account.
This will be my second leadership class I am taking, I have also taken Girls and Leadership and I am still hoping to overcome this shyness I have about speaking up in class and sharing my ideas. I am hoping that this class will help me to use my leadership skills all the time, even in situations I am not comfortable in.
I have read, understand, and agree to the terms of the course syllabus and the blogging protocols.
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