Boys & Girls Club: Bathroom Beautification & Girl Empowerment Project Proposal

Dear People, 
Please Spread This [Proposal] To Bathrooms Around The World!!!

The Problem:
The following photos were all taken in the girls' restroom stalls at the Farmington, NM Boys & Girls Club on December 7, 2012.  
Thank you, Paige Trubatch, for the iPhone camera.

 

The Proposal:

Description:  This project is designed to beautify the Boys & Girls Club bathroom and empower its female club members to recognize their beauty and potential.  A sample of girls will help kick-start the project.  The first stage will involve priming the bathroom stall walls.  The walls are being primed for expression.  Empowering quotes and sayings and thoughts will be invited to blossom on the walls - by the original painters and all the bathroom goers that follow.  The project will operate successfully under two assumed premises: (1) the girls love to decorate the bathroom wall, (2) positive expression will snowball and have a lasting-impact on the people who read, write, participate in the project.  Club members will be:

• Challenged to contribute creatively, positively, artistically
• Challenged to inspire & uplift one another
• Speak informally and reflect on the successes or shortcomings of the project; How it makes them feel
• Materials (minimal) such as paint will need to be supplied

A portfolio will be created to document the progress of the project.  The portfolio will be a resource to any future peoples interested in the upkeep or spread of the project.  The portfolio will serve as a place to report on the ongoing success or disappointment of the project.  Personal reflections may be recorded here by club members or staff.  Photos will be located here to document the project progression (or lack thereof).  Supplementary classes to explore female empowerment will be encouraged and lesson plans provided in the portfolio.

Please see the following link & be inspired: OPERATION BEAUTIFUL.
 
Imagine.

The following photos were from a variety of sources provided by Google and search terms such as "Bathroom Art," "Bathroom Stall Art,"  and, "Bathroom Wall Art Positivity, Empowerment".
 

This is my good friend, Kate McHargue, and a photo that I took of her in a bathroom at Alfred University (where we met during a summer creative writing camp.)