Reading I NEED HELP ON MY HOMEWORK

Final Project. Winter, 2024.

Dr. Debanuj DasGupta

Prompt

Final Project is Due: March 19th on CANVAS

Final Project (40 points): The final paper ( 4 pages, 12 points font size, double spaced, 1-inch margin) entails applying the core concepts learnt during the semester to a policy issue of your choice that is relevant to feminist, queer and transgender studies, praxis, activism, and social justice. We have discussed key issues and debates pertaining to social construction of gender and sexuality; how feminists, queer and transgender studies scholars are challenging the sex-gender binary, sexism, patriarchy and sex/gender stereotypes. The paper is focused on making connections between theory and activism. Finding an issue that is close to your heart, an organization that is working on this issue, and then utilizing at least 5 in-class readings analyzing the organization.

Basic Prompt

Submit a 4-page report on the politics of the organization, tactics, strategies, organizational values, campaigns or projects, challenges and victories. You can use websites, blogs and reports of your chosen organization.

Key questions you need to consider in your report;

a) What critical issues and intersections is the organization addressing?

b) How is the organization challenging the Sex/Gender binary?

c) What is the history, mission and vision of the organization?

d) How are they addressing intersections of race, gender, disability, nationality, sexuality and class in their work?

e) Are there online materials, critiques of the organization from other organizations/activists?

f) You need to cite at least 3-5 texts while critiquing the organization

Here is a detailed prompt about how to approach your final project. While writing your 4-page analysis you will need to cover the following areas:

Substantive framework (10 points of the final grade):

Authors such as Leslie Feinberg, Nivedita Menon, Emily Martin, Cherrie Moraga, and Lisa Duggan, Alicia Solomon, Debanuj DasGupta, and Rohit DasGupta show us how sex/gender binaries are being questioned by feminist, queer and transgender studies scholars and how activism is entangled with class inequalities, race, and citizenship status. As you are scanning the internet for these organizations, you will need to discuss three major areas in your essay:

Key concepts you need to explain through the example (of the organization) are:

1) How does this organization challenge sex/gender binaries, how is the organization define feminist, queer or LGBTQ, or queer activism? Do they use other identities? How is intersectional politics being enumerated by the organizations website or flyers, or tweets, Facebook page? Does the organization work to center leadership of LGBTQ people of color? Cis-women of color? Poor people? (5 points)

2) Does the organization use explicitly mention feminism, transgender and LGBTQ human rights? How do they address the issue they are working on? Following Feinberg, Duggan, and Jagose think about if they are predominantly community based organizations-doing protests or cultural activism or policy advocacy? As DasGupta, shows us that cultural activisms such as staging a play can be a form of queer/trans coalitional activism, friendship, love, belonging are part of queer politics. Think about how is the organization building on these principles. (5 points)

Analyzing the organization (20 points of your total grade):

1) Brief description of the history, mission, issues addressed, or how the organization defines the problems and solutions. (4 Points)

2) In depth analysis of a project that you are focusing upon-maybe HIV services, economic empowerment projects or services for refugees etc. Identify the communities they serve, how they develop relations with the communities they serve, do they provide services or organize communities on specific political demands. (4 Points)

3) What are their demands? Policy objectives? (4 Points)

4) Organizations funding-do they primarily rely on grants from philanthropic organizations? or grassroots fundraising? Or the government? Or are they volunteer run? (4 Points)

5) Publications, reports, social media campaigns, Facebook pages, Twitter posts of the organization. You will want to show me in your own words how the various reports, social media projects address ending sexist oppression, challenging sex & gender stereotypes, addressing sexuality rights, HIV and reproductive services, promoting social justice and creating a local-global based transnational coalition. (4 Points)

Wrap up (5 points of your grade):

This is your chance! Give me your assessment of the organization. Are they middle class bourgeoisie lead recreating social hierarchy, or are they generating potential policy changes? Are they focused on recognition (from government), or resistance? Are they transgender lead organizations? Your hopes for the future of the issues, how to end sexist oppression. Dream big and dream change in this section. Give me your vision

Composition, Grammar, and Citation (5 points):

Refer to the Purde Owl for composition & citation. You will use the MLA style of citation. You will need to cite 5 readings from the syllabus. You can use additional citations related to the issues that your organization address.

Link to Purdue Owl: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

Please enjoy scanning the internet & developing your analysis of the organization. Perhaps you are the future executive director of this organization

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