Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Pre-Service Learning
I start my service learning in 2 days, and to say the least, I am not too sure what to expect. I decided to do my service learning with the organization The White House Project. I am honestly not too sure what this organization does, but obviously things related to politics. I do not know very much about politics, so I am very excited to my start learning experience. I decided to choose The White House Project, because it was available, it is relatively close to my house, and their schedule worked with mine. I have spoken with the lead supervisor, Katie Ellis, several times this week. I begin my service learning this Friday at 9:45 am. She invited me to sit-in on one of her overviews of The White House Project, I believe that this is a great first step for me. It will allow me to get acclimated with the employees and the organization itself. I am very excited to learn what I get to do for the organization. I guess I could either help with their social media, communication projects, research, or even just help out by filing and doing data input; no matter what I do, I am very excited to start my work and learning experience. With respect to gender and gender expectations, I wonder what the organization will expect from me because of my gender. Will their expectations for someone else be different than the expectations for myself? Will my deliverable be the same as the other students? All of these questions I will be able to answer, it is only a matter of time
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Great post, Jeff. Answer one of the questions you pose at the end of your post. They are great questions and I am interested to hear your take on them: How do you think your gender will come in to play working for an organization dedicated to advancing women in politics?
ReplyDeleteAfter meeting with Katie Ellis and sitting in on a White House Project meeting, I do not feel that my gender will hinder their processes but rather benefit them. From their meeting I sat in on, I gathered that they believe that they want the right women in office; not just any woman. I learned that they think an even mixture of gender, sex, race, religion, socio-economic classes, and other demographics will bring more experience and a larger variety of knowledge to the given political field. That being said, I feel that my gender will not hold me back or the organization, but rather allow me to process informtion from the view-point of my given gender. The White House Project is dedicated to advancing women, but other gender input is vital for this process to become successful, thus I feel that my gender will come into play only for the better.
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