Mini 412 Impact Workshop
*The event has already taken place on this date: Mon, 02/21/2022
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Spend your Presidents' Day learning about Advocacy and Service Learning as we partner with The Positive Painting Project to create canvases to “spread HOPE, one sign at a time”.
Students will have the option to attend just our morning session or stay through the afternoon. Full-day students will have the opportunity to develop their own video, event plan and program ideas or other advocacy action plans to take back to their schools to make a positive change in their community.
Students can earn Community Service hours for attending this workshop.
Morning Session: Half Day | 9am - 12:30pm
Positive Painting Project
9am-9:30am: Meet in 200 Lawrence Hall for Introductions
9:30am-10:30am: Introductions, rules of community organizing, past and current social movements, what do we need to advocate for and why?
10:30am-12:30pm: Mental health advocacy, introduction and service project with The Positive Painting Project
12:30pm: Pick up for half day students (lunch is NOT included)
Continued, Afternoon Session: Full Day | 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Become an Advocate
12:30pm-1pm: Lunch for full day students
1pm-1:30pm: What is your passion? What do you want to advocate for? How can you do it?
1:30pm-3:30pm: Advocacy plan work – video shooting & editing, project proposal, letter writing, event planning, etc. *Each student will leave with an advocacy project to take back to their school administrators.
3:30pm-4:00pm: Pick up for full day students
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