Change your FB profile picture to a cartoon from your childhood. The goal is to not see a human face on FB till Monday, December 6th. Join the fight against child abuse!
This morning I was studying in the Wilk when I overheard a bunch of freshman talking.
This one guy said: "Yeah dude I saw your FB picture - Sweet! I loved the power rangers."
Other guy: "hahah yeah I saw everyone else changing their picture, so I changed my picture too. Dunno what it's for, but oh well."
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THIS DOES FOR CHILD ABUSE. I think it is ridiculous - what does posting a picture on a social website DO (as in an ACTION) in the FIGHT for child abuse. NOTHING. It makes people feel better about themselves because they think they are doing something to help the world. Get involved. Go talk to the local government, social services, see what you can do. Volunteer, give your time - not your facebook picture. Talk to James Baird - everyday he works with at risk teens to help them. I am taking an internship at the Orem Women's Center to help rape victims. Get outside the comfort of your bedroom on your computer - get your hands dirty and DO something about child abuse. It is a sad depressing thing that these precious children - God's children are victims of abuse.
I hope that when you get to heaven, when you see one of these children, you can say more than "Hey, I made my profile picture a cartoon for you."
1. Thank you for saying everything I want to say.
ReplyDelete2. Are you really working at the Orem Women's Center helping rape victims? If so, that is AWESOME. I'm just finishing up a clinic on Title IX where basically all we did was work on trying to solve sexual assault on college campuses (of course, we don't have a solution...yet!). I think everyone I know is sick of me talking about rape.
LAURA YOU ARE AMAZING! I've always wanted to be a rape/sexual assault counselor. I'm going to have to talk to you more at Christmas...
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ReplyDeleteOops major typos in my previous comment so here it is again :)
ReplyDeleteI agree that changing the profile pic doesn't do anything to prevent child abuse. I did think it was fun though to see everyone's favorite cartoon though. I changed mine for about 1/2 a day to show off my love for Little Foot haha! :)
But I do think this facebook thing was successful in raising some awareness. I had some conversations with friends that we should actually do something about preventing child abuse instead of just changing our profile pic for a couple days...and we wouldn't have had these conversations if it weren't for the whole facebook thing. So the whole thing was a little silly but I think it's definitely gotten people talking about it.
Ps. I think that's awesome that you want to be a rape/sexual assault counselor! I don't think this world is aware of how many women are victims of this.
Amen! I did not change my picture, even after I found out. It's like "helping" a cause all for show. It accomplishes nothing but makes you feel like you've done something.
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