Collaborative Action Plan

1) 1) We are meeting as a whole group Monday Marsh, 29^th at 3:00pm. Our meeting place is the Harrison red line stop. After we meet at the red line we are all going to travel together to the DePaul to ask people on the campus questions that relate to our posters and our project. Allen Rhodela and Selena are all also meeting during spring break to make the poster boards.

2) 2) Allen, Selena, Rhodela: Each are finding 5 different pictures of people that fit into particular stereotypes. They are then going to narrow their choices down to 10 pictures and put the pictures on a poster board to be shown to the people that we “interview”

Melissa: Finding 5 Pictures and taking 5 pictures form Alexandria and putting them on the poster board.

Alexandria: Getting 5 pictures and e-mailing them to Melissa to be put on the board.

All group members are trying to get access to a video camera and we will use whoever’s camera will work the best for our project. All group members are also going to take part in developing a series of questions about stereotypes to ask the people we find to interview.

3) For our project we are making 2 poster boards. The poster boards will have 10 pictures of people on them that will fit into different typical stereotypes. We will then travel to different off-campus locations, such as the DePaul Campus and the Museum Campus, and ask people on the street questions. An example question might be “Which person, out of the people on the board, do you think makes/has the most money?” The person will respond by pointing to which picture they think and then we will ask them why they chose that picture. For my part of the project I am going to help come up with the questions that are going to be asked. The questions are the most important part of the project because it will help us to understand why the people answered the way that they did and dig deep to find out where their stereotypes, whether they were aware of them or not, came from.

4) 4) Materials: Poster board, 20 pictures of people from all different backgrounds, ethnicity, and socio-economic status, video camera, and a list of competent questions to ask people on the street. Our materials are minimal.

5) 5) When we have completed the interviews that we are going to be videotaping, we are going to put together a compilation of all of the responses and show it as a video at the presentation. We are also going to bring our posters and questions to the summit and ask our fellow Columbia students for an interactive presentation.