Day of Silence

February 12th was probably the longest day ever. Emily, Ali, Claire and Alex took a vow of silence from 12am-12pm. Although we slipped up by mistake sometimes and we had to talk once or twice we really raised awareness about HIV/AIDs. All of us received many questions throughout the day asking us about the purpose of this day of silence. We tried as best as we could to explain using our pantomime skills and writing stuff down. People wondered what the purpose of it was if we couldn't talk to actually spread the word. We said "it got your attention didn't it?". Whether people realize it or not the awareness of AIDs was spread atleast somewhat.
To advertise this huge event we put up signs around campus, used word of mouth and made a facebook group ( http://hs.facebook.com/event.php?eid=12545745929 ). Many people participated and many people heard about it over the internet. And even if some people didn't participate they still asked about it and seemed interested. Overall this was a great, but hard experience. You don't really realize how much you need to speak throughout the day until you try not to.