Gregory Bove
For my personal project, I have ultimately decided to create a piece of art which demonstrates the message of equality among all humans, especially between different genders in Egypt. I decided to do this because it was the best way that I deemed fit to both connect the track team and to show support for Azza Soliman, a woman’s rights activist in Egypt who is currently in prison for speaking out against the inequalities that reside there today.
After looking to Amnesty.com to find out about Azza Soliman, I was able to collect a number of statements from the Lafayette Track and Field team, as well as the Lafayette Cross Country team, about the importance of equality in our world today. I will take these sentences and create a picture out of them, which will be the gender equality symbol inside an outline of Egypt.
I believe that the effect of this project will be that the team will now have something which we can say that we all contributed to, and it also allowed me to more closely connect the Track team with the Cross Country team because we were able to come up with these statements in small groups of people which included track and cross country members.
Hi Greg! I think your Personal Project is very righteous indeed. Additionally, the idea of incorporating your athletics team into your project in order to create a piece of art to show support for an imprisoned women’s’ activist, Azza Soliman. I am curious as to what you will do with the art once it is finished. If you decide to display it somewhere, I think it would be beneficial to include a small description of the work and who and what Azza Soliman is and is working towards. Great work!
Hey Greg. I like your project! I think its important to include others in the process along the way. I admire your attitude towards extending this message outside of your team. I think your project would come to a beautiful end if the image your create will then be shared with those who helped, and others that need to see your message. Maybe a card of some sort? I like your project, can’t wait to see how you conclude it.