In which we Hung Out and did not 'Hang Out' 2/23/12

In attendance::: Jordan (who “ran” the meeting), Laura, Ali G, Elizabeth, Katie

It’s Self-injury awareness day:

Awareness days call for research on what they are raising awareness for and they also let kids know that they are not alone.

Then Liz and Ali G took a nap.

Red Flag event:::

We have our spot reserved for March 22^nd and we will soon find out if we will be able to have a table right there.

-        - The posters though: we need a PEAC logo for the posters, but they are coming along nicely.

-But from what I've seen of them Laura did a fantastic job.

-we need to be thinking of materials (for flags) and costs of such materials.

Highs and Lows of this week.

It was quite a relaxed meeting, but again, we missed those who weren't there. 

??? I feel like everyone was really burnt out by the time TWLOHA came around, but I'm glad that this event is coming along. =)

Peace,

Katie Watson

Gluing and shit: IT’S CATHARTIC!!!

Gluing and shit: IT’S CATHARTIC!
: RUDE!
: VULNERABILITY AND SENSITIVITY (DON’T YELL AT FRESHMEN)
: A ton of laughter and tears that stemmed from laughter

 

In Attendance: Patrick, Liz, Ali, Remi, Laura, Karissa, Jared, Claire

 

First Pat taught us how to Dougie.
Then we learned the Cat Daddy.
We made sure that everyone has seen the Cry Me A River video.

 

WE MISSED OUR MISSING MEMBERS!!!!!!

 

Discussed how awesome we are for an ice breaker.

(“the newest way to work your abs”) ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9iOxL4C0u8 )
And, boy, did we work our abs. We laughed until we cried.

And we had to throw in a wolf howl (“it’s normal”)
…. And a “rude” or two, or 5… or 9.

 

Discussed Ted Talks
We watched a specific one::: Brene Brown TEDxHouston Jun 2010 (posted Dec 2010)
( http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html )
Vulnerability.
“Courage- to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart”
WHAT. a great video.
Discussion ensued, good discussion.
If you have time, go for it. It’s 20 minutes, but the video was completely fantastic.

Red Flag Event discussion::: “Oh yeah, it’s happening”
in the snow? The colors would be more contrasting (pros and cons it out, guys.)
Put PEAC on the posters (since we will likely be working with them) so we don’t have to put TWLOHA
Freshmen taking responsibility. BOOM.
Working with PEAC members on this lovely event.
Table & arrows (footprints or stars in chalk) on the mall leading to the Deglman hill (BOOM.)
We need the man-power (tabling and actually putting in the flags.) (from both PEAC and TWLOHA)
Sharpies (to write a name on a flag to dedicate the flag to someone)

 

TWLOHA Day…
Possibly Henna??? It’s a thought. We should look into this, it might be more interesting.

 

Talking at PEAC for depression?

We kind of decided against a music event

It would be nice if we could do a music event in the Fall and a suicide prevention walk in Spring annually

We threw this idea around::: Releasing  anxiety event (burning or throwing in water or balloons)
-tissue paper dissolving in water
-Taking ideas from youtube::: use wish paper
-working on getting it approved

-Look into what that is……. 

-turn them into origami stars?

-OR Wildflowers in solo cups

-OR Paper flowers

 

We can’t bounce people from meetings… for future reference.

Our big event might be a Suicide prevention Walk
What goes into that? A date? Would we need permission to walk on the mall? No people walk on the mall all the time.
-We want beads and we need Jordan in on this too, because she’s the master t-shirt maker
The walk will be on a weekend the problem is the WHEN.
We’re planning currently for the 31^st of March***(Pat is unsure)

Next week is dance party (16-2-12)
Red Mango can be the week after (23-2-12)
the week after that Jared will be teaching us about Abnormal Psych (2-3-12)

Highs and Lows

For future reference Jared=Charming
Wish Patrick luck on College Possible!

Just remember that you have to trust Karissa

Also, there is now going to be a tumblr about all our crazy quotes. Check the link to see that!

http://boom-howl-rude.tumblr.com/ 

In Which Patrick Wore His Gay Boots

In attendance: Patrick, Katie, Laura, Jordan, Remi, Liz, Carolyn

First off it was decided that this was a Patrick Appreciation Day.

Discussion about club shirts/slogans (Informal Discussion):::
“Don’t let your head be a hater”
“Haters gonna hate.”

Discussed how much work has been done on our lovely Red Flag event (ps. There is still plenty of work to be done.)

Moved on from actual topics to Gossip, because that’s what we do.

Looked up songs and Dirty Harry quotes… “Do ya feel lucky, punk?”

“OMG! There’s a bug bite on my butt!” Thank you for sharing.
“Who the F cares about the Oxford comma?” Apparently a lot of people in the group?
We need to raise awareness for the ‘irony mark.’

Get it, Liz, get it!

Highs and Lows <3

Patrick is Brilliant.

By Katie Watson and lightly edited by Liz Johnson

Peace!