Introduction

Hello fellow bloggers, we have constructed this site for a PR course at Florida A&M University. Each author of the blog has been assigned to plan and promote a fictitious event. All of the authors will post questions, thoughts and opinions regarding various aspects of the events being planned.

The PR Methods course is a class designed to expose students to the various tools used by public relation professionals. Each student is required to create a media kit, maintain a blog and construct an online press room. The required textbook is entitled "Public Relations Writing" by Doug Newsom and Jim Haynes.

Hello my name is Issac Morgan and I will plan and promote an STD awareness fundraiser for the Florida Department of Health. "Battle for your life" is a rap battle in which participants will compete to earn prizes by formulating lyrics related to STD awareness. The proceeds of the event will go towards the funding of the soap opera, "As the World Burns."

Cederrick Ashley will be planning the S.E.A Survivors program in partnership with the Florida Department of Health. S.E.A. stands for sexual education and awareness. At this event college students and young people ages 18 to 24 will board a ship for a half day cruise. The purpose of the event is to educate young people on the risks involved with unprotected sex.

Hey! I am Bianca Fletcher, a fourth-year public relations major from Kansas City, KS. I am planning an all white pajama party called "Sleep Tight In All White." At this party, the Florida Department of Health will be unveiling a brand new, innovative, interactive website with hopes of educating college students about the steadily growing rates of STD's among African American students in college.