Detailed Activism Log Requirements

As part of your service learning project, you will keep a weekly service learning activism log. Essentially, this log is a journal of your service learning activities and a place for reflection on the connection between women's studies and your project. You must keep this log throughout the entire semester and you should begin the week your proposal is approved and you make contact with your community partner. Below are the instructions:

Elements of the Weekly Log:

Limit the entire weekly entries to 350 words.

Entries must be in paragraph form, in complete sentences, and should be checked for grammar and spelling.

Divide your weekly log into bullet style using the three sections (required) below:

Activism: What happened this week? What kind of contact did you have with your community partner? What were your successes? What were your pitfalls? What do you think should be done next week to help you complete your project?

Reflection: How does the activism you’ve done this week relate to material we have discussed in class? How have the week’s events influenced way you view feminist activism and women’s issues? What do you believe is your community partner’s view of these issues? This is your opportunity to reflect on the impact your activism is making—on you and on the community. Here, connect what is happening in your service learning to your growing academic knowledge in this course. Back up your claims with evidence from our readings for this week. Use quotes and page numbers and be specific. Remember MLA!

Reciprocity: Remember that Service Learning is not a one way street. You are not simply giving something to the community partner. Think about what you are getting in return. How might this be defined from a feminist perspective?

Each entry should be a new post and should be titled by week (for example, Service Learning Log Week 1). Feel free to include pictures, flyers, links to your service leaning partner homepage, and video from your service learning project (just remember Disney ratings—it should be anyone, it is a project for school!). If you are working in a group, everyone still must complete the journals.

These journals will be graded at the end of the semester but will be checked throughout the semester to make sure everyone is keeping up with them.

**Note: While your Weekly Activism Log is a way for you to document and reflect on your activism and progress, it is most definitely not an outlet for aggression. The writing and reflection you do in your log should be constructive, and though you should include problems and setbacks (if there are any) please do so in a productive fashion—this is not an opportunity to rant but rather an opportunity to reflect. Reflection is what transforms experience into learning. Finally, this log is a good resource for developing your final reflection paper due at the end of this course.