I was hoping to spread awareness, and educate people as well as help people in my community directly. I really want more people to understand this issue and take it seriously because the effect of this issue impacts so many. Through my drive, I hoped to make a woman’s day better, uplift their mood in some way, or help them start their healing process.
My project specifically engaged with women who were survivors of the effects of toxic masculinity. I did so through my donation drive. After I dropped off my donations to WEAVE, different departments came a picked up the donations which were then given to survivors and their children or placed in shared spaces to be used by multiple survivors. For example, WEAVE has a communal laundry room in which survivors share many different cleaning supplies. An estimate of about 50 people benefited from my donation, although this number is somewhat lower than the exact number. Some of the supplies have been stored for future resident that will come into the programs but that number is hard to estimate. Another one of my goals was to educate the general population. Through social media I have reaches over 35 accounts and that 95 content interactions. I posted on my feed, story as well as retweeted.
I choose this project because it is interesting and relevant to me. I choose this project because the dynamics of how men and women both interact and impact each other and how one’s psychological causes so many problems for the other are very interesting to me. As I am a woman, I am at a constant threat of violence, whether I am aware of it at the moment or not, a school or out in the public that is why this issue is relevant to me.
While not all parts of my project were successful, I do think that my project for the most part was successful. I collected about 110 items for my drive which helped survivors at WEAVE. And through social media I did educate a lot of people. A challenge that I encountered was getting my editorial published. I sent my editorial to two newspaper companies, the Sacramento Bee and Natomas Buzz. both companies rejected my editorial. But I have now submitted it to The Pacific Times and is in the process of consideration.
I learned a lot about how to better fight toxic masculinity, where is comes from, and how to help people effected by it. While doing research, I also learned about things I hadn’t consider before, for example, the fact that sexual abuse against young boys can contribute to their development of toxic masculinity. One thing I did learn about my self was that I am not very good at time management and that it is something I need to work to improve.. Through is project I also learned how to engage in the community in order to make a positive impact. Process the process of communication I also learned how to write better and more professional emails. Another skill I acquired was graphic design, I used eye capturing visual in my flyer, portfolio and social media posts to not only inform people but to also subconscious help them feel empathy. I did this through I use of line drawings. It’s so often that we read many statistics and facts but we don’t make a connection. The lines drawing have more purpose than just visual aids, they help you humanize the issue and the women affected by it. It helped you make the connection between statistics and the people those statistics are about, because women are not statics they are human, and deserve to be seen as such.
The best thing we can do is educate ourselves as well as other. And when survivor do disclose their experiences, we need to support them and help them heal in any way we can. But donating to women’s shelters, or organizations such as WEAVE you can help survivor start their path on to a healthier and safer life. Moving forward I want to continue to grow my social media pages so that I can educate as many people as possible. Since I will be moving into higher education, and the university I will be attending has approximately 40,000 students, I will hold more donation drives, and hopefully, get more donations to help survivors in need. I will also submit my editorial to the UC Davis Magazine for consideration.
My project specifically engaged with women who were survivors of the effects of toxic masculinity. I did so through my donation drive. After I dropped off my donations to WEAVE, different departments came a picked up the donations which were then given to survivors and their children or placed in shared spaces to be used by multiple survivors. For example, WEAVE has a communal laundry room in which survivors share many different cleaning supplies. An estimate of about 50 people benefited from my donation, although this number is somewhat lower than the exact number. Some of the supplies have been stored for future resident that will come into the programs but that number is hard to estimate. Another one of my goals was to educate the general population. Through social media I have reaches over 35 accounts and that 95 content interactions. I posted on my feed, story as well as retweeted.
I choose this project because it is interesting and relevant to me. I choose this project because the dynamics of how men and women both interact and impact each other and how one’s psychological causes so many problems for the other are very interesting to me. As I am a woman, I am at a constant threat of violence, whether I am aware of it at the moment or not, a school or out in the public that is why this issue is relevant to me.
While not all parts of my project were successful, I do think that my project for the most part was successful. I collected about 110 items for my drive which helped survivors at WEAVE. And through social media I did educate a lot of people. A challenge that I encountered was getting my editorial published. I sent my editorial to two newspaper companies, the Sacramento Bee and Natomas Buzz. both companies rejected my editorial. But I have now submitted it to The Pacific Times and is in the process of consideration.
I learned a lot about how to better fight toxic masculinity, where is comes from, and how to help people effected by it. While doing research, I also learned about things I hadn’t consider before, for example, the fact that sexual abuse against young boys can contribute to their development of toxic masculinity. One thing I did learn about my self was that I am not very good at time management and that it is something I need to work to improve.. Through is project I also learned how to engage in the community in order to make a positive impact. Process the process of communication I also learned how to write better and more professional emails. Another skill I acquired was graphic design, I used eye capturing visual in my flyer, portfolio and social media posts to not only inform people but to also subconscious help them feel empathy. I did this through I use of line drawings. It’s so often that we read many statistics and facts but we don’t make a connection. The lines drawing have more purpose than just visual aids, they help you humanize the issue and the women affected by it. It helped you make the connection between statistics and the people those statistics are about, because women are not statics they are human, and deserve to be seen as such.
The best thing we can do is educate ourselves as well as other. And when survivor do disclose their experiences, we need to support them and help them heal in any way we can. But donating to women’s shelters, or organizations such as WEAVE you can help survivor start their path on to a healthier and safer life. Moving forward I want to continue to grow my social media pages so that I can educate as many people as possible. Since I will be moving into higher education, and the university I will be attending has approximately 40,000 students, I will hold more donation drives, and hopefully, get more donations to help survivors in need. I will also submit my editorial to the UC Davis Magazine for consideration.