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The Beginning
The start of our Passion Project. I chose to do Women's Rights as it connected to my experiences in life.
Who- Females (different cultures/ages)
What- Gender inequality
Where- All around the world
When- In the past and the present
Why- After decades of learning from our mistakes, you can still find gender inequality happening around us. It doesn't matter if you travel to India or stay in Canada, it still exists! Being a female, I want to prove to others what we are undersestimated for. -
Collecting Information
I spent all of October, November, and December learning more in depth about my topic. I found many current examples from around the world as well as went on Ted Talks to view countless videos about how to empower women. -
Passion Project Newspaper
The newspaper called 'Women Then & Now' I created consisted of many examples from around the world. It also contained a few ways I could put my passion into action, which helped a lot later on. -
Looking for an Interview
I e-mailed various organizations including;
-Surrey Women Centre
-Vancouver Status of Women
-University Women's Club of Vancouver
-Vancouver Women's Shelter
-Women in Leadership Foundation -
Looking for an Interview
The Surrey Women's Centre told me I had to be 18 years old to volunteer so I phoned them and asked if I could drop in one day and observe how their shelter functions. They responded by saying 'they could not accomadate my request'. I became very worried as I had hoped to volunteer there. The Vancouver Status of Women did reply back so I phoned them and set up a time to do an interview. -
Interview with Andrea Carlson
My interview with Andrea Carlson, who works at the Vancouver Status of Women office, was done through e-mail and phone. I wanted to interview her in-person but she only worked during the hours I was at school. She was very enthusiastic about her work and encouraged me to continue trying to make a difference at a young age. -
Writing & Editing of Article
From today to the end of May, I attended the Spartans Speak meeting evry Wednesday at lunch. I was unable to get my article published in the April edition. My hopes were to be in the final June edition. Many of my peers helped me perfect my artcle and I am very thankful for all of their support. -
Arranging Presentation
Contacted Mark Kerr through phone and e-mail and contacted the parents through e-mail and in person. It took my two whole weeks to finally get everything organized, but I felt confident everything was going to go well. -
Presentation to Grade 4/5 students
Practice is from 7 to 8 pm so I did my presentation during the last 20 minutes of practice. I felt so happy to be able to engage everyone for the full 20 mins and actually teach them something they were all connected to. -
Article
Release of Spartans Speak Magazine- 'Women Deserve Equality' essay is published.
