Project Reflections

REP

I am very interested in being a part of promoting the Relationship Education Project (REP). When meeting with our class Julie stressed the importance of focusing on the REP campaign. REP targets a very vulnerable age group that also has great potential to learn how to avoid the mistakes that have devastating consequences. Preventing violence in teen relationships is undoubtedly an issue that deserves attention. A group needs to be selected from the class to create a brand guide for REP and work on its social media sites. Promoting REP Facebook and Twitter pages that provide links to its official website will raise awareness, and we also discussed asking local high schools to put a link to the REP website on their own homepages. This could take place after an appearance at a high school event where materials could be passed out to students to establish awareness of the presence of REP and Safe Harbor.

Chick-Fil-A Night

The CFA night will be a great fundraiser for Safe Harbor. As a class it will be easy to promote the event through social media and I am excited to be a part of that effort.

Business Event

In my opinion, having a local business sponsor an event is a great idea for a fundraiser that would simultaneously raise awareness. It is also necessary to use discretion in defining the nature of the event. Because Safe Harbor is an organization standing against domestic violence, we need to be careful about having drink nights or anything that could be cast in a negative light.  I definitely think it could be a huge success and I would love to be a part of it.

Domestic Violence Education on Campus

Having a domestic violence educational speaker here at Clemson could be a very successful event. In this case I think collaboration would be key in working with numerous campus organizations, such as taking advantage of the resources offered by Greek life and Redfern Health Center. Some sort of reward could potentially be offered, for example, asking professors to give extra credit to their students for attending.

Overall I think all of these are worthy projects. The entire class could work on the Chick-Fil-A night and the educational campus event, and then split into two separate groups to work on REP and the business event. I am so excited to work for Safe Harbor and see how we can further the growth of this amazing organization!