Galentine's Day 2015
California Polytechnic State University
February 5, 2015
February isn't all about romantic relationships; It can be about long-lasting female friendships too!
Inspired by Parks and Recreation's Leslie Knope, Cal Poly's Galentine's Day is a day for ladies to celebrate ladies and empower each other.
My friend Trudy and I conceptualized Galentine's Day from start to finish and designed almost everything necessary for the event. Galentine's Day was split into two parts: a booth with card giveaways (designed by a pool of graphic designers), nail polish, music, and a photobooth. Here, we advertised for the second part of the event, Ladies Night, where we involved four on-campus resources who share our love for female empowerment and gender equality. We led discussions, conducted a raffle, and spread awareness about what we as women can do to to help each other up instead of knock each other down.
We had over 60 attendees for Ladies Night, and all girls said the event inspired them to be the Leslie Knope in whatever they do. That's all we could ever ask for!
Accolades: Amy Poelher's Smart Girls, Mustang News, and Cal Poly's More Than A Motto Conference
The Galentine's Day personal identity I designed. This is one example of the cards we gave away.
The back side of the card I designed. "Eliminate Girl Hate" was our slogan and goal for this event.
**Girl Hate is when girls see each other as competition and act harshly toward each other for petty reasons.
A glimpse of what our booth looked like at University Union hour! Video by Erica Patstone.
Our Galentine's Day booth at University Union hour, featuring all of the card giveaways. Photo by Isabella Baldwin.
Photo by Isabella Baldwin
Me and Trudy leading conversation at Ladies' Night!
Photo by Isabella Baldwin.
Some of the girls who helped us: Kirsten Burkland, Amanda Peterson, Lauren Manning, Trudy Vinson, Alyssa Wigant, Hannah Giorgi, Isabella Baldwin
I designed and screen printed Galentine's Day shirts for all of the girls in our Galentine's Day crew in order to stay within budget.
All of the wonderful Galentine's Day attendees!
