White House Project and Wrap Up

My apologies on posting so late. The White House Project was an interesting lecture. It seemed to me that women should have higher goals than just getting on to the school board. I'm sorry if that sounds snotty, but women should be going to the senate, the house of reps and the actual white house. I know that the project cannot do everything for women, but it seems like a good start to get more women into power. One thing that was very interesting is when she discussed that the general public does not trust women with the economy and national security, but the public believes that women are more trustworthy than men. I feel like it is notion that allows women to do some things, but prohibits other things due to the fact that we are "emotional and shouldn't be trusted with such important issues".  I really admire the overall goals that the White House Project has, but I feel like the organization could be better. They need to expand to more states and get more women running for office. I also think it was interesting that she discussed that once women have "permission" to run, then they run. I didn't quite understand what she meant by that. Why should women need permission for anything. We are quite capable of making our own decisions and can run without getting permission from males or anyone else. 

In terms of civic engagement:

I volunteered  more than 5 hours working for Colorado for McCain, I know he is not the most popular person in class but I still enjoyed volunteering. I really felt respected. My major responsibility was to call unregistered voters and talk to the issues that they wanted to talk about. I did get called a bitch a couple of times, but other than that it was a very good time. I liked getting to know people around the campaign. One of the perks I got, was to actually meet with John McCain at a women's town hall meeting. I got to ask him a question and held a bit of conversation with him. He was one of the most polite people that I have ever met, probably because he was campaigning but still. I also made really good connections for later on in my life. I meet a few lawyers that we volunteering that were really excited to hear my plans for law school. I didn't expect to go and make connections but it did happen. Although McCain did not win, I feel like the experience that I had because of the campaign will help me with future plans in life and if I do go into politics. 

In terms of this class:

I really did enjoy this class, although I do believe that it was a little biased to the left but that is OK. :)  I felt like my opinion was taken seriously and that I could express my opinions without getting yelled at or anything like that. I hope another class like this comes around again.

I wish all of you the best of luck with the rest of school this year and I hope all of you have a wonderful winter break.

Take Care,

Chelsea