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!

This Meeting Involved Thin Mints

In attendance: Patrick, Elizabeth, Carolyn, Jordan (kinda), Jared, Ali G, Remi, Laura, Katie

Let your life speak Parker Palmer – with a wonderful poem.
“ask me whether what I have done is my life”
Think about what you wanted as a kid and look for clues as to what you want to do with your life.

Involvement fair is next Wednesday the 1^st if you can stop by, you prolly should. (Manning the Table)

Events:::
Last semester we wanted to do another music event: Find a date and GET PLANNING!
TWLOHA Day <3
(this would take a lot of work) (Like, a lot of work) (Like I don’t even know how much work it would take) (Do you know how much it would take? Because I don’t) The Red FlagEvent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 22 Thursday

Boom. Event.

Out of the darkness type event.
PEAC Event::: BRAINSTORM

Red Flag Event: Talk to facilities and SAO to ask what we have to do
Research statistics
As a side-note::: This is supposed to be a mysterious event
(Purpose: Raise awareness for mental health and suicide rates: put flags out however often for the day on the 22^nd.)
Many questions about this event, just keep your questions  for the next meeting think out ideas to solve your questions and we will discuss ALL THE THINGS.

TWLOHA DAY!
April 11^th? We shall be out on the mall (that’s a Wednesday) We will discuss manning the table.

Highs and Lows it out

Of Smoke Signals and Cocaine-1/19/12

Brian Seck came to talk to us from College Possible.

- This has programs from high school and college to help students succeed in school

AmeriCorps (a domestic Peace Corps.) looking for seniors to work for them:

- “coach”: coaching students for college prep (working with juniors and seniors in high school)

Seniors: scholarships enrollment and financial aid, ACT Prep; 

College coaches: students in colleges getting through school finding resources. Staying in school

- “Vista”: part of AmeriCorps: in offices instead of at schools every day.

Positions available also in Minnesota and Milwaukee since you might just get soooo sick of Homaha

Great benefits involved, salary, and they find you a place to live.

For seniors: Feb. 8 (priority deadline) Mar. 7 (regular)

Application and further info on www.college-possible.org

(in a nutbowl this is all that you will need.) (Also, you should send Brian Seck a smoke signal because he knows his stuff.)

We all talked about ACTs.

We discussed our favorite parts of break.

And concluded with Highs and Lows

(Translator’s Note::: These conversations were much more interesting and comical as they were occurring) 

{Love you all}

 

Peace,

 

Katie Watson

((Historian's Note: I took creative license with the title of the minutes. Remi can explain the coke bit if you ask her))

Happy December!

Minutes: December 1, 2011 

Pat, Andrew, Ali, Laura, Remi, Elizabeth, Katie, and Angela were holding down the fort tonight.

Remi brought delicious Butter Finger cookies. Nom.

For our “icebreaker” we watched Lady Gaga’s new video for “Marry The Night”

If you want to watch it, click the link! Warning: it’s 14 minutes long so if you have a paper due tomorrow, you probably shouldn’t watch. Actually, you should probably take this opportunity for a study break. Also, it’s Gaga, so this video is not for the faint-hearted. http://perezhilton.com/tv/Lady_GaGa_Marry_the_Night_Official_Music_Video/?id=1c446dcfbbb97&autoplay=false

For our Christmas CD Exchange with Pittsburg State University (It’s actually in Kansas) we are going to include one favorite song from each of us. Go to the Google Doc and fill in your song of choice.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjckG0Q3hzR0dDJlVjRCVE5CdnkwcUEwRmxDMWdadWc

We will have a table on the mall next week for TWLOHA Day. (Perhaps inside because there’s currently snow everywhere.) It will include Fears vs. Dreams. If you aren’t familiar with this campaign, watch this video: http://www.twloha.com/blog/new-video-fears-vs-dreams-1

Please sign up for the table using the Google Doc. Yay for Google Docs making life easier!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjckG0Q3hzR0dHl2REx5R0lvWV9GdlRvVndSWHRoT0E

Don’t forget about the Christmas party and Secret Santa CD exchange next week, December 6^th. Let’s make some awesome CDs for our fraaands!

We sporcled…a lot. Subject matter: Celebrity smiles, word ladders, Harry Potter. Sorry, you had to be there. Sporcle for even more procrastination! Do your homework too though, kids.

We completely forgot to do Highs and Lows…preposterous, I know.

Of course, one of the Harper workers yelled at us to leave. We just like each other, okay?! Gosh.

Sorry if those were annoying minutes, guys. I’m sleep deprived and hopped up on drugs from being incredibly ill. 

An Actual Meeting: We Got Stuff Done On Time

 

In attendance: Karissa, Laura, Elizabeth, Andrew, Liz, Jordan, Katie, and Remi

 

Discussed face shapes

-then puppy chow

 

When should we have TWLOHA Day? (we make our own National Awareness Days)

-We can mix it with Fear vs. Dreams

Fear vs. Dreams

What's your biggest fear? What's your greatest dream?

• Like Roe v. Wade, it's going down in history.
• With headless photos
  • To be displayed at the spring event.

• White board with colored markers

Dead Week: Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

December 6th-8th 11am-3pm

 

Christmas party and CD secret Santa on the 6th of December

 - New people were put on the list, This is going to be exciting guys!

 

We are doing the Mixed CDs with the rest of the U Chapters, also.. This is happening.

• We will choose our favorite songs from the cds made for each other and will be putting them on one CD for the other school.

 

Then Highs and Lows

We got finished up before we got yelled at to leave. The desk workers should be proud.

 

We missed Patrick because we LOVE HIM!!!

 

A member of TWLOHA is trying out for Glee:::

Thegleeprojectcasting.com/auditions/view/3290361

GO LIKE HER AUDITION TAPE! It's a touching story and a good song, and we all listened very intently.

 

Peace,

 

Katie Watson