Hilltoppers Stand Up.. and then some!
Western Kentucky University is no stranger to throwing successful events to engage their student body and increase awareness about extreme poverty and global disease.
The reigning ONE Campus Challenge champs went big again for the international days of poverty-awareness, Stand Up and Take Action on October 17-19. The ONE Hilltoppers teamed up with their campus’s chapter of Americans for Informed Democracy to engage students, faculty, and university staff to take the $2/Day Challenge and live on less than $2/day on October 17 to emulate life in a severely impoverished part of the world.
WKU successfully promoted the $2/Day Challenge both on their campus and in their local community. WKU-ONE and AID members even succeeded in convincing the WKU president and the mayor of Bowling Green to participate in the Challenge.
In addition, WKU held multiple tabling events throughout their campus on multiple days throughout the week, promoted Stand Up through their campus dining services, hosted a speaker who had lived in conditions of extreme poverty in Kenya, created a website for participants, and launched an “On the Record” campaign.
Whew. WKU is the rightful recipient of 20,000 points and a big Huzzah! From the OCC Team.
Thanks to ALL schools that participated in the Stand Up and Take Action days! As far as this week’s challenge, we’re testing your ability to push your way to the front of a crowd. Stay tuned to the OCC blog for details.
-Maisie Pigeon
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:39 am
I’m in awe and proud of all the students who organized activities for Stand Up and Take Action days! It’s inspiring to see the Western Kentucky University students work together to raise awareness about hunger and disease and to see how they reached out to everyone in their community. I hope that all the other campuses would strive to reach out and take action on behalf of ONE and poor people around the world in whatever way they can, even if it’s difficult to get a lot of people involved or aware. Best wishes in planning and organizing and taking action to educate and involve communities in poverty, hunger and disease in the world!