Introduction
In this assignment I will be discussing my CSL project, the kind of social justice issuse involved in my CSL project. The expectations I had of my CSL project, what the team progress was like, my critical reflexivity of the project, critique of the project, and finally any potential future action.
CSL Overview
My CSL group went to Nova Vita. Nova Vita was inspired by an international group of women wanting to change the community, called Pilot Club International (Ball, 2009). These women wanted to help women who faced domestic abuse (Ball, 2009). The shelter opened in 1983 and was originally on Chatham Street holding eighteen women and sixteen children (Ball, 2009). However in 1995 the shelter moved to North Park Street with…show more content… My group’s role at Nova Vita was to be nonjudgemental outside future supporters of the vulnerable population. My group also to help organize the emergency closet to ensure both the client and staff members can find what the client needs when they arrive at the shelter. Also to sort candy for children to go trick or treating in a safe environment while still having fun.
Shoe Box My group did a shoe box, due to the fact we had a very limited time at Nova Vita, and did not have a lot of hours there. The shoe box is a box filled with hygienic products and basic items a woman and possibly her children to have to open during the holiday season. As a group we got a twenty dollar gift card to McDonald’s, hat, mittens and a scarf. Some candy, some hygienic supplies (i.e. shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, pocket sized Kleenex etc.). We than put all the supplies neatly in a box. Later this week Courtlynne will be dropping the box off at Native Women’s Hamilton…show more content… Power and oppression includes concepts such as gender inequality, domestic abuse and structural inequality. Mullaly 2010, stated some dominate groups have beliefs of a hierarchy system. One example of this is women who are inferior to men, biologically and emotionally. Society’s also believe women are natural caregivers therefore their place is at a man’s home, taking care of his offspring’s. This quote shows that in society there is usually a more superior group with more opportunities, which in this example are men, and the inferior group (women) have expectations to fulfill for men’s expectations of them. This quote also shows that because men have more power women are oppressed and are expected to fulfill their role at a men’s
