Starting a club based on women's rights in my community and all over the world

I am currently a junior in high school and am very involved with clubs and community service. I have high leadership positions in all the clubs that i participate in. However, i thought that it would be great to start a club that i am very passionate about. I am a proud feminist. Not many people know what feminism is or why its so important, especially in a society like ours. Women in other countries such as Pakistan are socially, politically, and economically oppressed. I want people to realize the harsh realities that are present in our world today. I want to eliminate mysogynistic views of women and donate money to women in need. I would also like to empower women and men to fight for equality within our society. While i have a strong passion for a controversial topic such as this, i would like to know if universities such us UCLA and UC Berkeley, will find interest in someone who started a club like this. Will it be advantageous for me to start this club because UCLA will find me unique or will they not care? Any comments or advice would be appreciated! :slight_smile:

I suggest u pick a focused issue within the humungously broad framework of women’s rights. Just having a generic club about women’s rights in general is like being in favor of transportation.

Also, I think most reasonably informed people are aware that Pakistan sucks for women. Malala Yousafzai recently won the Nobel Peace Prize.

You’ve exhausted your community of similar orgs? There’s not a civil rights group or women’s shelter or other org that is worthy of your time? Or is the idea and title of being a “founder” just so enticing? Sorry, but you seem to want your cake (I’m passionate about A, B and C) and eat it too (will this look good to colleges?).

I’m sorry but the cynic in me has seen this dozens of times on this site. Let me encourage you: if this is really your passion – the go for broke w/o a care if anyone on the planet sees you. That’ll be a true measure of your “passion”

I think you’re trying to reinvent the wheel. There are women in this country who need assistance and community groups in place to help them. Some collect old phones for battered women, others collect gently used work clothes for poor women returning to the work force, and still others provide health services and housing to women in need. You could accomplish more by donating your time to one of the organizations already in existence than by trying to start one from the ground up. If you want to impress colleges with your interest in helping people, go out and help them.

If you’re passionate about it, do it. Don’t do it based on the notion that it’ll give you a leg up in college admissions. Imagine going through life only doing things because it’ll be looked upon favorably by others. You gotta stay true to you!

To answer your question, yes it’ll look good but yes you’ll also need stellar essays, teacher recs, grades, test scores, and other solid and interesting ECs. At my school there were two juniors who co-founded a feminism club. One got into Columbia, the other got rejected from UChicago. Starting a club isn’t going to make or break your application.

And I do agree with austinmshauri that you’d help the feminism cause better by joining a pre-existing organization. What would happen to the club you started once you went to college? My bet it’d just fizzle out.

My S was roped in by a friend into co-founding a club addressing an environmental concern. He learned how to find a sponsor, increase membership, raise money, and develop talking points. It did not go smoothly at any point, but they had some minor victories. Did it help him get into college? Not significantly. Was it an important experience? Absolutely.

If you are from pakistan and you live there, it would help you alot. But otherwise it wouldnt matter much I guess because lots of people start clubs in school.