Michael Farmer
Nina Perez
WST 3015
4 April 2010
Activism Log 7
Activism:
This week I'm very excited because our event for Animal Safe House is swiftly approaching. I traveled home to Apopka for the Easter holidays and shared with the family the work I've been doing. I got several commitments from family members to make cash donations for Animal Safe House. I also continued compiling data for our info board.
Reflection:
My work with Animal Safe House of Brevard is especially important to me having grown up close to someone who was the victim of domestic violence. Aside from spreading the word about the fabulous service that Animal Safe House of Brevard Provides the simple act of drawing attention to an epedemic of violence that often goes unoticed makes me feel good about my work. According to Kirk violence between intimate partners is very under reported, “Although violence between intimate partners is illegal in this country, it is seriously under-reported” (Kirk 263). My hope is that our work with the Animal safe house will help embolden women and mend to "come out" as surviviors and help others with similar experiances.
Reciprocity:
Having grown up in a home where I saw somone close to me become the victim of emotional and verbal harrassment, I know the high price children and spouses pay for this atrocity. I can't even begin to comprehend the pain that comes from the addition of physical violence for people. Many times domestic violence is a learned habit, and is passed on to children. I know our work will help to end this viscious cylcle and realease children of abusers from being damed to repeat their father/mothers awful mistakes.
Kirk, Gwyn and Okazawa-Rey, Margo. "Violence Against Women." Women's Lives Multicultural Perspectives. 5th Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. 257-273.
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