HONORS IN ACTION PROJECT
PLANNING AND REFLECTION MODEL
This worksheet is designed to complement and guide Honors in Action Journal (see page 5 of the 2012/2013
Honors Program Guide) and to prepare the chapter to submit an Honors in Action Hallmark Awards entry.
THE CULTURE OF COMPETITION THEME
What theme and questions for exploration of the current Honors Study Topic, “The Culture of Competition,”
did you select?
 Food Fight!: Competition and Food
WHY DID YOU SELECT THIS THEME AND QUESTIONS?
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politics last year
education this year:
BUT time limits & limited progress
food:
o 4. How do factors such as ethnicity, economics, and location affect what foods are available?
How do these factors affect what foods are preferred?
o working on Homelessness Awareness Month events; Hunger Banquet presented itself;
researching the topic/issue already
RESEARCH SOURCES
What academic publications and experts will you consult? (A minimum of 8 is recommended.) Write a brief
description of each source in your journal.
 see attachment
 Patel, Raj. Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. 2008. Patel 's
comprehensive investigation into the global food network finds causes for alarm (global epidemic of
farmer suicides) and hope (efforts to create a more democratic and sustainable food market).
 Brownell, K., and Horgen, K. B. Food Fight: The Inside Story of The Food Industry, America’s
Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do About It.2004. Brownell and Horgen tackle the issues of food
consumption, advertising, and America’s obesity epidemic. They argue there is no one root cause, or
one single industry to blame for the problems of obesity. Rather, the combination of our desires for
certain types of nutrition, consumer demand, agricultural processes, food technology, advertising, and
mixed messages come together to create an environment in which obesity is endemic.
 Nestle, M. Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition, and Health, Revised and
Expanded Edition (California Studies in Food and Culture). 2 0 0 7.Nestle tackles the paradox of
affluence in American food culture: we are surrounded by a vast number of choices, and yet our
nutritional inputs are declining. She helps make sense of the complexity of the choices and challenges
consumers face in making nutritional decisions and understanding the impacts these choices have on the
individual and on society.
 Participant Media and Karl Weber, eds. Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is
Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It. 2009.A companion piece to
the film, Food Inc. (2009), the text is a collection of essays speaking to the issues raised in the film. Of
concern are issues of agribusiness, genetically modified foods, consumer demand, pesticides, biofuels,
sustainable agriculture, food distribution, and other aspects of the world-wide food process.
 Pollan, M. Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, 2009; Pollan, M.In Defense of Food: An Eater’s
Manifesto, 2008; Pollan, M. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. 2006. In
this trio of books, Pollan tackles issues of food production — ancient and new, traditional and agri-
business — and covers the history of shifts in agriculture, food supplies, consumer demand, and product
manipulation.
MOVIES:
 http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CCkQ
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vm=bv.56988011,d.cWc
 http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CC8Q
FjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.silentkillerfilm.org%2Ffilms.html&ei=EkuOUsOPDYKwsAT4pID
ABw&usg=AFQjCNETy88NBFqJpSLwFFuPg-q_hNoZEQ&bvm=bv.56988011,d.cWc
 **MATT DAMON NARRATED MOVIE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/16/matt-damonnarrates-video_n_324247.html
ONLINE:
 "The New Geopolitics of Food." Lester Brown. Foreign Policy. May/June 2011
 "How Food Explains the World." Joshua Keating. Foreign Policy. May/June 2011
Two articles on food at the web site of the journal Foreign Policy
 agassessment.org
Web site of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for
Development. Includes downloadable PDFs of Report Executive Summaries.
 ifoce.com
Official web site of "Major League Eating" and the International Federation of Competitive Eating.
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What needs did you discover through your research? How did your investigation lead to ideas for an Honors in
Action Project?
 not just globally but locally
 members’ personal experiences
 Thanksgiving & food waste, thankfulness
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THE BASICS
Project Title?
 Hunger Banquet
Where and when will the project event(s) take place?
 Tuesday, November 26, 2013
 college cafeteria
Who is your targeted audience?
 faculty & staff
 students
 community
With whom will you collaborate?
 administration, faculty, staff
 food services
 social sciences department
 SGA
 PTK members through HIAP
 Volunteers of America (guest speaker)
 Catherine McAuley House
 college printer
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Will you form committees? If so, describe them.
 no, small numbers
 delegate responsibilities among chapter officers
Have appropriate permissions been attained? Y or N (List steps taken in your Honors in Action Journal)
 none needed
Describe the leadership roles and actions this project will require.
 Vicki: famous quotes
 Fred: specific research (global)
 Steph: CEO (local)
 Tara: OxFam site
 Merissa: personal? OR research
What specifically will you do to develop the leadership skills and capacity of chapter members and others that
they need to effectively contribute to the project?
 emails & Facebook messages
 meetings
 log/journal
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What is the action (Service) component of this project? (Action can also include advocacy.)
 Hunger Banquet
 spread awareness of global, local hunger
 advocate for local shelters
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How will the chapter publicize the project?
 broadcast messages on student intranet
 broadcast messages on faculty/staff intranet
 emails to PTK members & fall 2013 invitees
 fliers around campus
 special invitations into all faculty/staff mailboxes
 info posters at the event
 info place mats at the event
 college photographer
 press release to local newspapers
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RESOURCES
Estimated funds required for the completion of this project:
$____________________________________________
Itemized Budget:
 food: $250
 note cards: $1
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What resources are needed? How will they be acquired?
 note cards
 guest speaker
 photographer
 placemats:
 podium:
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posters
fliers
invitations
tickets
envelopes
cardboard boxes
food
cutlery
plates
table cloths
place settings (cups, flowers,…)
GOALS
List the specific project goals.
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How did you determine your goals?
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Honors in Action projects satisfy requirements at the Two Star and Three Star Levels of the Five Star Chapter
Development Plan, so the chapter should have at least a Three Star Level Goal in the Plan. See ptk.org/
fivestar to set the chapter’s goal and to report progress in the Plan.
 STAR 2:
o Chapter advisor(s) and chapter president each have the 2012/2013 Honors Program Guide.
o At least two chapter members research one theme/study question of the Honors Program Guide,
The Culture of Competition.
o Chapter advisor(s) and officers meet with college president or other administrator to develop and
discuss goals of the chapter
 STAR 3:
o Plan an Honors in Action project based on the chapter's research that includes leadership and
service components.
o Map out the specific leadership roles and actions the project requires. Also determine leadership
development opportunities that would benefit the participants.
o Determine the expert resources (individuals and/or organizations, businesses, etc.) for the chapter
to coordinate with for the greatest impact.
o Work with another campus or community organization to implement the Honors in Action
project.
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IMPACT
(Include participants’ quotes and more detailed outcomes in your Honors in Action Journal.)
What specific measurable and immeasurable outcomes resulted from your work on this project?
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What impact did the Honors in Action Project have on your ...
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FUTURE IMPLICATIONS
What is left undone? What opportunities remain for the future?
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What recommendations do you have as a result of the lessons learned?
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BRAINSTORMING:
 earlier push
o start advertising it earlier in the semester
 at the fall in-service
o with PTK & SGA members
o invitation & RSVP card given out that day
 faculty involvement
o (faculty involvement  student involvement)
o in the classrooms
 letter to deans & department chairs
 extra credit opportunity
 essay/photo/photo-essay contests
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for ex: English Dept.: ENG 101: all 7 rhetorical modes (best = hung in gallery);
ENG 102: persuasive argument essay; LIT: read stories, write stories related to
homelessness & hunger
guest speakers
o from Ruth’s Place or CM House (actual residents)
drives:
o canned food
o winter clothing
o toiletries
o ?
 (collected that week, in cafeteria)
reserve
o glass-enclosed area at the start of the semester
homelessness & hunger gallery
o photos
o essays
o information
 posted around glass-enclosed area
 so attendees have something to do when they arrive
printed place-mats
o from the printer
o early in the semester
o quotes & stats & photos
other ideas…….
Visit
ptk.org/honors
for more information on Honors in Action