one of my assignments in my psychology of women course requires me to come up with an action plan for social change. I need to come up with something that I could realistically do to impact positive change for others. I have a few ideas, but sometimes things sound good on paper but are a disaster when implemented.
One thing that we talked about in class is prom dress drives, which enable girls who may not be able to afford a dress to go to prom. Since we all had discussed this it is obviously off limits for the assignment.
Is there anyone out there that has participated in something to similar to a prom dress drive or something in general that is aimed at helping women (more specifically younger women). Or have you had an experience where an organization helped you personally?
One of my ideas is to have guest speakers come to the school to talk to the girls about things that they have learned but wish people would have taught them when they were younger. My only thing with that is i feel like it is a "lecture" and i want to give the girls something more than just 'advice'.
any suggestions are appreciated!
and it doesn't have to be applicable to young girls only, i just prefer that.
a make over, put together groups of girls who have varied skills and maybe not always hang together
make it so within a month or so they are too do a make over of eachother, so one girl per week, they could spend the week on it, and weekend, and results are showed on monday
dont need too be about buying new stuff, it can be about going through what the person have as well as lending them stuff...it could be a fun time which people can learn more about eachother hanging out, as well as get too try a different style then they are used too
and may create an overall stronger bond while giving something too everyone, and not picking out some persons and puting the high ligth on them by saying lets give these people help because they need it (many wouldnt want that, if you make it an all over project it become fun, everyone is involved and so on).
young girls as is are often insecure about themself, about how others see them, about going outside their comfort zones, and so on and forth, this could be a more practical aproach too breaching some of those barriers, and strengthen class enviroment overall
the social change would come from people learning more about themself and about others through spending time together, trying out new things, and helping eachother...and for some it can teach them skills which makes them feel more comfortable in how they look as they feel they get a better grip through the experience on how too dress themself color and style wise because they arent just guessing, they got exact ideas and input from others