Project 1 Reflection

The goal of this project was to advocate for or against a specific topic. For me, the hardest part was to choose what that topic should be. I am not very creative and rather someone tell me what to do. After going through many different ideas, I chose to advocate for the awareness of the problems in Darfur. Darfur is a region in Sudan where mass killings have taken place, but awareness and action has been limited and the people continue to suffer. This topic is important because we talk about the importance of human rights in the world, but in this case no action has been taken. the goal of advocation for awareness is that the more people that become educated on the topic, the more pressure we can put on world leaders. This hopefully, will lead to action. To advocate for Darfur awareness I created a website as my form of visual composition.
The visual composition that i chose was a website. I chose the website for a couple of reasons. First, is because I have never done one before and I thought it would make this project fun. The other major reason is that the internet is a place where many people might happen to come across my site. A powerpoint or slideshow has a limited audience, and I wanted the message that I was advbocating for to reach as many people as possible. My audience, specifically, is intended for college students. A website will allow students all over the country to be able to here my arguement, as opposed to just those in our class.
My website consists of five different pages. the first is the home page, which shows the overlying problems in the Darfur region. the next page describes th esituation and goes into specific questions like who and why. the genocide page gives the official definition of the word, and discusses the arguments over wehter or not the crisis in Darfur should be called a genocide. Another, talks about what people, governments, and organizations have done to adress the problem at hand. Finally, the last page of the website talks about what each of us can do to help the people of Darfur. This page also has the references to thge pictures and facts that I used through the entire site. I made my website easy to navigate, and I tried top puit it together in a way that would grab the audience's attention. The website really helps to advocate and promote the awareness of Darfur.
For this project, it was important to use a visual composition to advocate for my topic of Darfur awareness. This website was hard to create because I was not very educated on how to make a website. It took a long time to figure out how everything worked. I was unable to make it just how I wanted and as a result it does look a little unprofessionsl. However, I gave a lot of information and included important facts. Advocating is something everybody does alll the time, but putting it all together helps organize and present your message.