Project Title
Female Asian American and Pacific Islander Leaders
Faculty Mentor(s) Name(s)
Stefanie Sevcik
Abstract
We asked the founder of the Women’s Center, Jennifer Graham, why she fought to start the Women’s Center. She said, “one of our primary goals was to provide a space of community, advocacy, education, and action around issues women were facing at GCSU and beyond – from issues of pay inequality, the need for lactation spaces, harassment and power-based interpersonal violence (although at that time we called it gender-based violence), and other ways that sexism shows up – we wanted to help create a GCSU that was more welcoming and equitable for women across campus.” As of 2017, Asian American and Pacific Islanders make up a little over 2% of the student body population here at Georgia College. Our goal while working with the Women’s Center is to create an event that expands on their mission by providing representation of female Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders. We aim to highlight resources, knowledge, and some current influential women. We use service learning to educate ourselves on this topic and to support the population of female Asian American and Pacific Islanders who lack representation. Service learning allows us to engage directly with our community and expand on the mission of the Women’s center. We are researching various media sources and prominent leaders to better understand our topic. Our event will provide attendees with knowledge and resources about powerful women that are severely underrepresented by presenting our research. References “Spring Characteristics by Class / Level, Gender, Ethnicity, Age, Registration Status,Matriculation Status, Residency”. Georgia College and State University, 2018, https://irout.gcsu.edu/data20/enr-spr-char.html Accessed February 28, 2023. Kraft, Richard. “Service Learning”. State University. https://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2414/Service-Learning.html#ixzz7spyj1tU9 Accessed February 28, 2023.
Female Asian American and Pacific Islander Leaders
We asked the founder of the Women’s Center, Jennifer Graham, why she fought to start the Women’s Center. She said, “one of our primary goals was to provide a space of community, advocacy, education, and action around issues women were facing at GCSU and beyond – from issues of pay inequality, the need for lactation spaces, harassment and power-based interpersonal violence (although at that time we called it gender-based violence), and other ways that sexism shows up – we wanted to help create a GCSU that was more welcoming and equitable for women across campus.” As of 2017, Asian American and Pacific Islanders make up a little over 2% of the student body population here at Georgia College. Our goal while working with the Women’s Center is to create an event that expands on their mission by providing representation of female Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders. We aim to highlight resources, knowledge, and some current influential women. We use service learning to educate ourselves on this topic and to support the population of female Asian American and Pacific Islanders who lack representation. Service learning allows us to engage directly with our community and expand on the mission of the Women’s center. We are researching various media sources and prominent leaders to better understand our topic. Our event will provide attendees with knowledge and resources about powerful women that are severely underrepresented by presenting our research. References “Spring Characteristics by Class / Level, Gender, Ethnicity, Age, Registration Status,Matriculation Status, Residency”. Georgia College and State University, 2018, https://irout.gcsu.edu/data20/enr-spr-char.html Accessed February 28, 2023. Kraft, Richard. “Service Learning”. State University. https://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2414/Service-Learning.html#ixzz7spyj1tU9 Accessed February 28, 2023.