Chalking Summary

Nadia Leon

Soc122 Mon/Wed 3:30-4:45

Chalking Summary

                The purpose of chalking around campus was to bring awareness to our cause, which is pretrial expansion. We wrote down some important statistics in the free speech area in front of the library. We chose this location because many students pass through this area, and this allows for our statistics to be viewed by a larger amount of students, which will hopefully lead to the alteration of some opinions on the matter. Something that could have been improved would be the variety of statistics that we used. If we had a broader variety, we would be able to bring more awareness, and it would be more likely that by reading the statistics someone would gain an interest in the cause. The statistics could have also been shortened so that they were easier to write and also so that they are easier for those passing by to read. Students are often in a rush while on campus and if the statistics are too long they will not take the time to stop and read them, but in contrast if they are shorter they may be more effective. Furthermore, better organization and planning of where each statistic would be written so that there was no repeating of statistics. One thing that could have also helped to make this activity more successful would be to have more communication within the group so that all members were present. This would also allow us to cover more ground on campus and spread the word more effectively. We could have also posted some flyers with more information on pretrial expansion around campus. This would also help to expand those who were exposed to our cause. This activity was altogether  a success in its execution, there could have been some improvements but with the time and supplies that we had, we were able to do the best we could.