Weekly Activism Log #3

This week was a difficult week for me specifically because I was very ill and it was also the week of our collaboration movie night with HASA. I worked through my sickness in order to flyer some and help out with our movie night. Last week I spent a lot of time screening movies so we could show the best possible one. However, the difficulties that come with copyright laws and such prevented us from having a wide variety to choose from. We ended up watching Troubled Harvest, which was filmed in 1990, so it wasn’t as current as I would have liked, but it still showed the issues. I think the movie night was a success. Some petitioners came and spoke to us about signing a petition in order to have our voices heard as UCF students about the immigration law that has been passed in California and could possibly be passed here. Also, Dominique from YAYA came and spoke to us for a few minutes.

Overall, it was very informative. We were able to learn about the issues facing the migrant women farm workers as well as the political issues that could potentially affect them as well. It was cool because we were able to take an issue and teach others about it and help them learn more about what they can do. According to Trinh Minh-ha, on the other hand, we may all be doomed. Surely, our movie night contributed to the “othering” of the migrant farm workers. However, I don’t see how else we can teach people about what is going on around them without speaking up for those who don’t have a voice.

This week I haven’t gotten a lot out of our project. I continue learning more about the issue, but I haven’t experienced anything major. I am really looking forward to Sunday when we will be going to work with the actual migrant farm workers. I am excited to meet and learn about the women firsthand.

Works Cited

Minh-ha, Trinh T. Women, Native, Other. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana Univeristy Press, 1989. Print.