I’m back from a visit to a campus. While I was there, a faculty member showed me an amazing project done by Corrections students. Inspired by the site postsecret.com, students asked others on campus to write down a secret and drop it anonymously in a locker. At the end of the week, they collected dozens of secrets. They put these together and created a video about how we all need to feel secure. As one student writes, “this video was made to represent the fact that nobody is 100% secure and confident with their own individuality…we fear how we will be seen by others.” Take a look.
Give the events of the week, I thought this was a good way to end it.
Wow…it is a great way to end the week…
Hi! I was the student that created the video! WoW! I’ve received great comments from a variety of people…who all seem to relate to the video in a different way. Please keep an eye out on my youtube channel within the next few weeks…we’ve been doing a very similar project with a group of ladies from a federal correctional institution. The ladies spoke of how being an “inmate” made them feel as though society placed a negative label on them. They spoke of how they felt different and isolated.
The new video I am making has these ladies’ secrets; but it also has the secrets of: Lawyers, police officers, pharmacists, student and spiritual leaders, male offenders, and various other members of society. In this video nobody will be able to identify whose secret is whose…so the ladies will have the chance to see that we are all more similar than we assume!
Thanks for showing this video
–Cody
Cody, you’re amazing! Thanks so much for leaving the comment & for the heads up about your next project. I’ll definitely keep an eye on the channel.