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For our campaign we can hand our free bracelets and they will say Winder Activity Center and have our website on there so people can visit our website to get more information on who we are and get the word out about our mission. We can hand them out at different events that we attend.

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I receive most of my news from Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites, and I use them almost everyday. I am not alone, 62% of Americans are just like me and we rely on social media for the daily news. When I heard that my news could be “Fake News” produced by people in Macedonia and Russia, who just want to produce information to divide American society and receive money from their posts, I became skeptical of what I was reading. I cannot decipher between what is fake and what is real just by scrolling through a feed./I have to actually look up the story and find another source to prove if the news is real or fake. Regardless that these sites are echo chambers, I should be able to trust these sites and receive my news from them. I’m tired of social media websites not fixing the problem! They are more focused on producing money then protecting their users. Teens are unable to detect which news is fake and which is real. Twitter, Facebook and Google, should invent a better way to locate and take down the fake news sources. The government should also pitch in and help solve the problem by also helping track down the sources and eliminating them. Also, the government as well is affected by fake news, because when people read fake news about the 2016 Election it may have persuade people to vote a certain way based on false news. By deleting the sources and protecting America first, we can make social media a safer place for people to receive their information.

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Campaign for Change Plan

1. What is the cool, catchy name of your campaign and/or organization?

The Winder Activity Center/ WAC

2) Describe the goals for the campaign and what has to be achieved for it to be successful.

The goal for the Winder Activity Center is to give teens a free place to hang out and relax with friends and to just be teens. It also will provide a space where teens can stay away from drugs and receive help with addiction. It will also educate students on the effect drugs have on society. Also the WAC will create different community projects and events to expand awareness. For the Winder Activity Center to be successful, it will need to raise money and get sponsorships from the local community to begin building the center. Once the center is built, continuous community support will be needed because without teens coming to the center it will have failed its purpose.

3) Describe the obstacles (including people in power) that your campaign needs to deal with. Include the thinking of people in power that needs to change.

Some obstacles we will have to jump through are finding a location to place the center, getting permission from the local government, and finding enough resources to support the campaign.

Explain reason they have for maintaining the status quo?

Due to the lack of funding in Barrow County, it would take a lot of money to start this campaign and the government doesn't want to spend money it doesn’t have too.

4) Describe the community groups your campaign needs to motivate and the changes in actions or beliefs that need to occur.

Groups we need to motivate are the teenagers and especially teens who are surrounded by drugs or experience pressure to use them. Also any community group that wants to help improve the lives of the future generation. We need to change the habit of allowing teens to use drugs and that it's “OKAY” because it's not okay for the cycle if drug abuse to continue.

5) Describe the events/activities that your campaign will use to motivate and bring together the community. Be detailed about what will happen and how it will be effective.

We will start at preexisting community events and get the word out about our campaign there with a booth and just engaging with the community and asking for their support. For example, Football games and other big sports events, Public Safety Day, and even concerts and events hosted in downtown Winder. Once we start to connect with a portion of the community we can eventually host an event of our own especially focused on building the center and just giving teens a place where they can go. At the events we can hand out educational materials, contact information, and little “souvenirs” such as pens and bracelets.

Look around for more creative ideas (like pet costume contests and talent shows). Don’t be boring.

6) Describe the educational material you created for the campaign. Explain why/how you made the choices and why you believe the material will be effective.

We have an educational infographic with some quick facts that we can hand out. The infographic has facts that not only reach teens but they also reach parents and different types of people in the society. Also at our booth we can have our Simple Show playing to give an encouraging outlook on the center. The simple show is quick and effective which means if we have a booth set up where there are also a lot of other booths people may only be stopping by for a quick minute to look at what our booth has to offer. So we have to be able to play a quick video which talks about the center but also explains why it is important to this community.

7) What kind of social media do you need to use to reach your audience?

We have a twitter account where they can follow our twitter, to be updated on upcoming events and activities and to receive more educational materials such as videos and quick facts. Also on our twitter we will also be able to reach people who may not even live in the Winder Area but our interested in helping with our campaign. And because the campaign is directed towards teens the occasional meme or joke will be made to remind everyone that this is serious situation  but that we can also have fun and relate to one another.

8) Describe the most important/effective material you posted and explain.

Right now there is a competition where teens can submit their natural high. Natural Highs include any forms of exercise, writing, playing an instrument and even cooking! Teens explain their natural high and how they are encouraging and inspiring others to get a natural high as well instead of using or being involved with drugs, which is what the WAC is all about. Though this is not a campaign of our own it is still a good campaign that we can support and encourage our local teens to submit their natural highs. Its also a campaign that we can do again in the future and put our own spin on.

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The piece I am most proud of is our community change campaign project because I got the chance to try to create an idea to actually help my community. I choose to focus on teen drug abuse and the effects it has on the society. I had to make different educational materials from videos and infographics, while also creating merchandise to give out at events that I  planned to host or attend. I took this assignment as a real thing going into action, so I had to create a basic plan to get my word out about teen drug abuse.

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If I was given more time and researched more information I would have improved my Plastic Problem Solution. My solution was to create plastic eating goats that were genetically modified to eat the plastic that flooded landfills. If I had more time I could have planned for different arguments that were presented in the seminar.

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Throughout this class I have learned new techniques and skills that will help me improve my writing in the future. For example, we used Scrible to help us gather research and write works cited pages that will be needed in college essays. I also discovered my voice when writing and how to put a personal twist on my essays.

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From freshman year to now as a senior I have learned how to improve my study habits and to not procrastinate as much and to just get assignments done as soon as I get them instead of waiting till the night before the deadline. I plan to take theses lessons into college so that I can continue good study habits and succeed in college.