Tactic Paper #4: Chalking
For the fourth tactic for my homelessness group, I did chalking. To begin with, I did not follow the instructions asked of us on this tactic. This tactic required that we chalk three times in a span of a month. I did all my chalking sessions in a span of a few days. I did my first chalking on May 12th in the afternoon which went well. I had someone accompany me while I wrote my message in the free speech area near the club booths. I decided to write "Homeless not Worthless #homesforthehomeless" for my first chalking session. It was on a weekend, so not a lot of people were present on campus when I did it, but it was an area I knew a lot of people would pass by and see. My second chalking session was on May 14th and also around the same time as my first session. The same person that came accompanied on my first session also was with me for this session along with my third session. It was on a weekday, therefore, more people were present. I wrote my message in the same general area and the message was "Bring Awareness to the Homeless Crisis in Fresno!" and finished it off by writing a website called realchangefresno.org. This website provides information on homelessness and how to help and bring awareness. My third chalking session was again in the same general area on and was on May 16th. I felt more people were present for this session which made me feel a little discouraged to write my message, but I did and I wrote a message straight to point that said "help the homeless!" I had a difficult time deciding on what to write for the third one the most, and I know that my effort for this one was poor. In fact, my performance in this tactic was not the greatest. I do not think it did anything to build solidarity among the members from my part, and as for altering people's view on the problem, it could have I would hope so! I think it did bring some attention to the cause by simply having people read that it is about homelessness. To conclude, I would change a lot of ways I went with doing this tactic. I think for one, maybe choose a message to write that has people questioning and wondering about the issue. Perhaps a statistic or deep question relating to the issue. Also, I would have had this tactic be a group effort as in we all do one together to show solidarity among the group.
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