fall fest unity project
During the course of the Barboursville Fall Fest (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Sept 15-17, 2016) close to 200 people from the Bville area participated in the "Unity Project" (See www.UnityProject.net for the inspiration.)
Community members were invited to indicate identifying statements that are true about themselves, and to connect 10-foot PVC poles with yarn to make a kind of community art representation of who was there. What a variety of people we have, and we are all one!
Look below for the identifying statements we used in 2016.
The Unity Project was done in 2017 and 2018 as well, with new sets of questions.
Every identifying statement was claimed by at least 2-3 people, some statements were claimed by a majority of participants, and check out the pictures of the boards where people wrote their own responses. What a variety of people we have, and we are all one!
By the way: if you right-click on a picture you can open it in another window and it'll be larger!
Participants were encouraged to post their own selfies on social media, using hashtags #unityproject #welivebig #bvillefallfest #betterbville, so you may find more pictures out there!
Community members were invited to indicate identifying statements that are true about themselves, and to connect 10-foot PVC poles with yarn to make a kind of community art representation of who was there. What a variety of people we have, and we are all one!
Look below for the identifying statements we used in 2016.
The Unity Project was done in 2017 and 2018 as well, with new sets of questions.
Every identifying statement was claimed by at least 2-3 people, some statements were claimed by a majority of participants, and check out the pictures of the boards where people wrote their own responses. What a variety of people we have, and we are all one!
By the way: if you right-click on a picture you can open it in another window and it'll be larger!
Participants were encouraged to post their own selfies on social media, using hashtags #unityproject #welivebig #bvillefallfest #betterbville, so you may find more pictures out there!
The first few strands of community in our Unity Project circle, Thursday evening
Beginning a strand
More people adding their yarn
The project grows...
Community members participating on Saturday afternoon
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Check out the moon! It's beautiful, too!
This guy was real excited at the thought of having his picture online. Even though it isn't on youtube
Confession: she had to remove her tiara to keep it from getting tangled in yarn!
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Some of the "I am..." personal statements
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Which of these statements are true for you? Feel free to email your responses to BAM25504@gmail.com (subject Unity Project)
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1. I’m a parent
2. I’m a student 3. I’m single 4. I have a spouse or life partner 5. I own a home 6. I rent a home 7. I don’t have a home 8. I consider myself a Republican 9. I consider myself a Democrat 10. I don’t identify with Republican or Democrat 11. I love science 12. I love sports 13. I love the arts 14. I’m a dog person 15. I’m a cat person 16. I don’t care for pets 17. I am employed |
18. I am unemployed
19. I work more than one job 20. I was born within 100 miles of Barboursville 21. I was born more than 100 miles from Barboursville 22. I am impacted or affected by addiction 23. I identify as LGBTQ 24. I identify as straight 25. I am a gun rights supporter 26. I am a gun control supporter 27. I speak English as a second language 28. I’m a survivor 29. I believe in a higher power 30. I don’t believe in a higher power 31. I live with a disability or chronic illness 32. I am _________________________ (you may write your own. There’s a place for you to share your answer as well) |
