Okay so we have a new project springing about, and hopefully the weather will catch up with this class! For project 4 we must create three genres of writing from early, middle, and late publicity (one from each) and publicize an issue that we are planning an event for. We want to publicize this issue and the event to get others on campus involved, as well as continuing efforts for this issue after the event has taken place. The issue I was thinking of is one that is very rarely publicized or talked about in casual settings. I also have never heard of it happening on our campus before. After doing some research, I did find that the Providence campus may have been involved with this event in 2007. The event would be "Take Back the Night." This is an event that promotes the awareness about sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape, and domestic violence. When these events take place candles are present as well as strong speakers empowering those to speak up for themselves. It is also an effort to stop the silence so that more victims will stand up and be heard. I believe this is something that should be publicized more not necessarily to put a spotlight on victims, but to press the issue so that it no longer continues in our communities.
I am not sure yet which genres I will be writing from either of multiple levels of publicity. I am sure I will look further than the options offered in our course booklet. I look forward to researching and finding out more about this social issue and the event I hope to hold. I can not wait to create my pieces for this project!
Take back the night is a gret program; I'm surprised URI hasn't had an event like it before. The first thing you might want to do is gain allies--you want other groups to join with you, and high profile gorups at that. When I taught at Miami of Ohio, the allies that were most responsive were fraternities and sororities, at other places there were groups like Men Against Rape and so forth. Men against rape die the walk a mile in her shoes comapaing in whihc the men all wore women's shoes to walk in. Not sure how effective taht is,but it is visually arresting. In any case, you need a press release at some point, yo will need a poster announcing an orgainization meeting, you will need a letter to send to potential allies, and probably a brochure. For social media, yo might consider creating a facebook pafge for the purposes, or if you have the skills and time, a web-site. Tons of things yo can do for this one.
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