Social Action presentation ideas…
Hey gang! I just read through all of your blogs, and your comments on each other’s blogs, and once again, you’ve exceeded my expectations! It’s so awesome to see all of your great ideas, as well as the support and other insights and resources you’re sharing with each other. Bravo!
I wanted to share a few ideas with you all…when NHS went to CU last week (Holocaust Remembrance Week), there were several student-run events and activities to draw the public’s attention to remembering the victims of the Holocaust that I thought might be intriguing ideas for your causes, potentially. One was the Field of Flags…students decorated a huge lawn with thousands and thousands of little plastic flags, each flag representing thousands of victims of the Holocaust. It was a chilling, moving thing to just stand and look at all of the flags, blowing in the breeze of the beautiful near-spring day, and imagine the horror each flag represented. Here’s an article about a similar event on another college campus: http://www.uvm.edu/theview/article.php?id=1654
Something else we saw on CU campus was groups of entertainers in the student center. They would play or sing music throughout the week, and every so often, they would stop and speak names…the names of Holocaust victims. I think their goal was to continue until they’d said the name of every victim they knew of.
Intriguing ways to draw attention to your cause…
Also, I was watching Oprah’s new show “The Big Give” last night…the whole premise of the show is that the everyday person can make a big difference…exactly what you’re all doing. It might be a good show to check out for other ideas, if you’d like.
And…dosomething.org has lots of other resources for you, including grants and other ideas.
