I recently joined the Gender Equality movement known as HeForShe, they encourage you to start a movement in your city. Their purpose is to unite Men and Boys to raise their voices for the equality of woman, and an all around equality of all genders. This hit me, like nothing as before, I don't know why it just did. So I started working on getting a chapter started in west Michigan thinking it would be easy to get people involved in such a common and urgent issue such as Gender Equality. i found very quickly that it is not easy, and that people did not jump to join the cause. At fist it made me very angry! I was upset that people weren't taking me seriously. If you don't know me, I've never been the most follow through kind of person. After the anger subsided I decided that I wouldn't quit, I'm going to soldier on to make HeForShe of West Michigan happen even if i have to stand out in the cold alone with a sign, I will get my view across no matter what people think of me, or don't.
I just want to make a difference, and one of my very wise friends told me that even if I get one man to support the cause I've done something, because the rickashay effect of that one man to another and another will matter. I will not give up planning the Informational Woman's Bazaar at GVSU, and I will not stop planning the Fundraising Gala even if only 3 people show up. I stupidly thought that people would want to donate their time and or money to the campaign, what I did find out is I need to try harder so that i am taken seriously. .
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