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Unread postby uiuclaura » 25 Apr 2008 23:08

Dudes, I just had my first experience with Free Hugs! The story:

So, unfortunately, homophobia tends to be something of a problem at my campus. We're not a small school, but the surrounding town is pretty small and a lot of people are disturbingly narrow-minded. A few days ago, a gay student was attacked on the main street in Campustown, just out of the blue. Fortunately, he wasn't seriously injured, and tonight, there were little clusters of people stationed up and down the main street with candy, cookies, and signs declaring, of course, FREE HUGS!

Long story short, my friends and I ran up and down the street to reach every group. It was awesome. There were a few photographers, so I'm hoping I'll be able to find pictures, but I just thought I should share :) Also, we're trying to plan a Free Hugs day during finals week, because everyone needs some love during finals.




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Unread postby Serge » 25 Apr 2008 23:53

That's awesome :)




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Unread postby Stephanie » 26 Apr 2008 13:09

Aw, what a good story! I can't wait to do my own Free Hugs stint.

Hopefully we'll see some pictures soon of your experience.



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Unread postby Becky » 26 Apr 2008 18:24

Great story!



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Unread postby Shamrock » 26 Apr 2008 19:42

Awww I want a free hugs day.



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Unread postby frodolover36 » 26 Apr 2008 22:25

awwww thats amazing!! i cant wait for my free hugs day!


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Unread postby uiuclaura » 27 Apr 2008 21:38

So, there hasn't been any official planning, but Free Hugs Day 2.0 will hopefully be going down next week. Heck, I'll do it on my own if I need to, but that's just me being moronically stubborn.




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Unread postby ampskeeter22 » 29 Apr 2008 16:04

Cool story :)


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Unread postby SweetPandemonium » 29 Apr 2008 21:42

Awesome story!!! Thanks for sharing :)


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Unread postby uiuclaura » 08 Jun 2008 14:53

I'm not dead, yet!

Though, my computer was. Ask me about that later, really, it's a fun story x____X

Anyhow, my plan for Free Hugs on the quad fell through, hardcore. No fair. BUT! I did find an article about the original 'Hug-In'. Let me know if there's a problem with the link, because I can always transcribe it to a Word document or something.




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Re: Free Hugs at UIUC!

Unread postby Kemmy » 08 Jun 2008 15:01

it's terrible that people can still be attacked because of such small-minded individuals

The Free Hugs thing was a great idea, though.
Thanks for posting!



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Unread postby Samsung » 08 Jun 2008 17:00

*sigh*
The world today... :?


But, the Hug-in was an amazing idea :D


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