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Coffee and Creativity

Description: A time for residents and staff to express their talents, enjoy coffee and treats, design a cultura square for our cultural quilt, relax, meet new people in a comfortable, vibrant atmosphere. Its like bringing a coffee-house setting but in the resident halls.

Instructions:

  1. Begin advertisement with posters and word of mouth. Make the posters attractive: quality over quantity
  2. Ask those residents who you know have special talents, such as playing guitar, poetry (reading or writing), singing, play drums or other instruments to participate.
  3. Get other RA's involved so that you have more help and more resident involvement
  4. Purchase supplies: coffee, cream, sugar, treats, tea, hot chocolate, cups, utensils, plates, etc.
  5. Look through decorations shared with other RA's and try to find some things that shine, sparkle, etc. such as garland, stars. We used a black sheet as the background and put the garland and stars around it.
  6. Find, purchase a boom box that has a microphone, or use a karaoke machine
  7. Buy fabric, fabric pens for the cultural quilt; residents design a quilt piece that represents their culture: another art aspect to the night
  8. Personally invite people!!!

Other Considerations:
1. Make sure all equipment is working
2. Have RA's personally invite their residents
3. Get a variety of different acts
4. Have a sign-up sheet available @ front desk

Colleen Sweeney
San Diego State University
csween8611@aol.com


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