Yidan Xu ASA 002 A04 Week 5

This week I read  "Precariously Positioned: Asian American Women Students' Negotiating Power in Academia" and  "An Offering: Healing the Wounds and Ruptures of Graduate School". The reason why the author and her people behind want their students to be aware of and to follow what they did. "I believe that we should train the next generation of activist students so that they become aware of how student activism and student leadership can become structurally restricted over time." She said. She experienced how unjust and unfair it could be and she does not want her students to go through the same dark times. She wants us to know how to gather together and use our power to defend ourselves. 
She stated a point that people generally think that men are the leaders and women support it. We can see that women did work that was very gendered, such as working with children; while the men were more likely to occupy leadership roles, speaking in public, and representing in front of the media and the administration. What she saw made her question anything and everything in life and began to understand that being a Filipina American woman is a position and an identity that is shaped by society.
She also mentioned the leadership of women strikes and this made her more want to speak the truth. The importance of having a purpose when being a part of a social justice campaign or addressing an issue within our community and society. It is essential to come ready to learn from each other and engage in issues affecting our communities, but it is just as crucial to realizing that you have the same agency that everyone else has. It is also imperative to evolve the power of your agency and empower your student community through collective awareness. She tried to make us know what we need to be aware of when we stand up for ourselves.

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-womens-strike-for-equality-3528989