Please introduce yourself to the class. Your introduction can include whatever you would like to share about your background, experience, and interest in Gender and Women’s Studies, burning questions you would like to explore this semester, concerns you have about the course — and anything else that you would like us to know. Feel free to add video, photo, audio, or any other media that helps you to introduce yourself to us!
Hi my name is alyssa. This is my last semester at BMCC before i transfer to a four year college. I am from Brooklyn New York but my family is from Trinidad and Barbados. I’m a dancer for a professional dance company and I also work at a after school teaching children dance. I would like to a school counselor or a social worker. When I first came into to college i wanted to do psychology but quickly switch over to Gender and women’s studies because it connected more to what I wanted to to. I took one GWS class and i knew that this is were I needed to be instead of psychology. I did not really know what i wanted to major in when I first started school but i knew the career path that i wanted to take. I feel like I’ve always be a advocate for women especially black women. There is so much that goes on in the black community that damages young girls and boys and it is never spoken about. I’m Pro-black and womanist but I speak on all issues that I have knowledge on. I don’t think i have questions I’m just really to drive in and get all the information that I can and learn more. There is so much that goes on all over the world that affects women, child and the LGBTQ+ community that needs to be changed and brought to light and honesty i just want to help and be apart of that change. In a women’s health class that i took, some topics that really stuck with me is gendered violence and femicide. In the United States often times i feel like we are in a bubble the only outside country we pay close attention to is England and I honestly do not understand why. I believe that many people in America stay in this bubble and have a “if it doesn’t affect me I don’t care” kind of attitude. That is the worst kind of attitude to have because living in United States is already a privilege that you have. So why not use that to help others. I am an extremely helpful person. Sometimes i get too busy helping others and making sure that they are good that I forget about myself. My goal in life is just to help others and it i can take away a little bit of pain and suffrage then so be it.
Hello! My name is Loronda Johnson but I preferred to be called Lori because I believe it’ll be much easier for everyone and myself. This is my last semester before transferring to a four-year college. So I used to be a nursing major but it didn’t work out well due to the stress it held, so I decided to go into Gender and Women’s Studies. When I first looked at the course, I was naturally curious because I never knew that college would have this type of course, more so as a major to be exact. So when I first attended the class, GWS 100, for this major, it made me open my eyes more to the world around me. I had knowledge to what women go through in the United States, even all over the world but I know that class was just a taste to what would I be learning more about. After attending that first class of the semester, I decided to stay in that class, even deciding to stay in the major because it made me realize that women, even people who are different go through so much and not much people want to help. Other than GWS 100, I attended other classes that made me question a lot of the world and how they treat women as they are. After that last semester, I still have so much to learn and more questions that still need to be answered. Like why does change for the things we fight for as women take longer than expected? Are people that are close-minded are going to stay like that until someone or something changes their minds? Why do most protests always end up in violence even though it’s a peaceful protest? The concerns I have about the course are why are we doing our course here instead of blackboard? Why did I need to do the E-orientation even though I done online learning before? Is the course much more difficult than the other GWS classes? But with anything else about me, my ethnicity is Trinidad which I never knew until senior year of high school. Another thing about me is that is that I still have a job throughout the whole pandemic but sometimes it can become hectic so I’m hopeful that it won’t interfere with my studies. The last things about me is that I’m studious, hardworking, and very excited about this semester to learn more about Gender and Women’s Studies.
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