A final presentation for my freshman year core course Global Experience class

1. Do We
bELONg?
A Social Action Project
By Sarah Morrison and John Johnson

2. What’s the message behind
“Do We bELONg?”
To promote a mindset tolerant of the innate differences
in people. Whether these differences are derived from
race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, or religion,
we hope to bring the global issue of intolerance to light.
Instead of focusing on a sole facet (i.e. race, ethnicity,
etc.), we hope to encompass all facets by fueling a
respectful environment as a whole. Through this, we
hope to reduce—if not eliminate—intolerance by
discouraging associated behaviors. To reach this goal,
we decided to target the Elon community. The posters
strategically placed throughout the campus hold
powerful words of wisdom, tips on dealing with
discrimination issues, and methods for action (i.e.
changing one‘s views on tolerance or actively
discouraging intolerance and discrimination between
others).

3. Reason behind “Do we
bELONg?”
O Intolerance is one of the most pressing global issues.
O Endless factors breed intolerance—cultural differences, ignorance,
and everything in between. Informing the public about the benefits
of tolerance will lead them to rethink their motives and/or actions.
O Our plan is specific, measurable, attainable, reasonable, and timely
O On a daily basis, intolerance often goes unspoken
Here at Elon…
O Intolerance issues are usually handled in an overly aggressive way
O Community response is only prominent when major
intolerance/discrimination incidents arise
O We wanted to find a way to continuously reinforce messages on the
importance of tolerance
O We wanted to find a way to be active on campus

4. Tolerance at Elon
100.00% 70.00%
90.00% Is tolerance 60.00% Do you think
80.00% Elon needs
a value of
to raise more
70.00% importance 50.00% awareness
to you?
60.00% about
40.00% intolerance?
50.00%
40.00% 30.00%
30.00%
20.00% 20.00%
10.00% 10.00%
0.00%
0.00%
Yes No
Yes No
Out of 50 random student/staff respondents
(provided by www.surveymonkey.com)

5. ―not getting let into
fraternity
parties‖(based on
one‘s race and/or
gender)
―people get called
demeaning names
every day‖ (referring to
gender-related put-
=Intolerance
downs)
―I know people who
have had issues
with gay-bashing on
campus‖

6. Not On Our Campus
Movement: A success?
(If your previous response was
'yes') Do you think the Not-On-
Our-Campus movement has
Are you aware of the been successful in terms of
Not-On-Our-Campus promoting a more tolerant…
movement?
95.5%
48.8%
say yes
say yes
4.5%
51.2%
say no
say no

7. Students and staff voice their
opinionscall for action
―It was fast and
―The majority
fleeting; a lot of
of students
people just stop
were apathetic
putting forth
to the Not-On-
effort, or didn‘t put
Our-Campus
forth any at all.‖
movement.‖
―[The racial
―Haven‘t really
component] is a
heard or seen
subject that has
any changes
been beaten to
besides the
death.‖
sticker…‖

9. ―I saw a couple
signs around the We asked, is bELONg
mail center. I like
how it sends a going strong?
reinforcing
message. If more ―Universal tolerance isn‘t going to
people caught happen overnight. I think we‘re
on, it could moving in the right direction
probably expand though. I have seen more and
past the local more intermingling between
level‖- Brett ‗diverse‘ groups.‖- Fabio Recine
Filloon
―Many of us fail to recognize
―Open-mindedness is definitely
the range of tolerance… it
growing. Most of my friends here
not just about race.
have friends from different
Messages like this bring
cultures, ethnicities, religion etc.
that point to light. It‘s a
We all hang out almost every
catchy slogan too.‖- Aarti
weekend.‖ – Britt Lue
Rishi

10. Social entrepreneurship
O Social entrepreneurs have to think critically about
the issue at hand. They must recognize if their
small, yet ardent efforts can accumulate to
significantly treat an issue. It takes a lot of
planning, outside research, time, and drive to be a
social entrepreneur. One has to recognize that
he/she is working with a purpose greater than
one‘s self.
O We would do this project again only if the demands
weren‘t as time-consuming.
Additionally, measuring efficiency of a social
entrepreneurs‘ efforts can be stalled by vagueness.