How can one express love for themselves and others? Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) created the Share the Love campaign to bring awareness to self-love and love for others. As an organization, it seeks to build campaigns that have a positive effect on the Kean community and others as well.
On Feb. 13, PRSSA chapter members walked throughout campus and shared goodie bags, inspirational cards, acts of kindness, and free hugs. This was a way to share acts of kindness, to promote self love and spread awareness about sharing the love.
“It was an awesome feeling, just sharing love and giving a hug to people. I felt like Olaf, but I was glad to share the love,” said Chris Carrillo, a new member of the PRSSA Kean Chapter.
Sharing the love is one way to reduce everyday stress and falls in line with Valentine’s Day. Share the Love is a campaign run by the organization to produce a non-perishable food drive located in CAS 402. The donated items will be donated to the New Jersey Food Bank in March.
For students seeking experience in public relations, PRSSA serves as a source of knowledge, career advancement, networking and leadership development. It is also a professional development organization that is centered around public relations.
Kean University PRSSA Chapter, created in 2004, is an organization for students of Kean University who have an interest or passion in public relations. The parent organization of PRSSA, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), was founded in 1968, and there are over 350 active PRSSA chapters at colleges/universities across the country.
Benefits for this organization include:
- Networking opportunities
- Professional headshot photos
- Business cards
- Participating in workshops
- Partnering with other organizations
- Informational sessions
- Building professional careers
For students interested in becoming a member of Kean PRSSA, membership fees are $65 for one year. This fee provides access to the PRSA organization and aids in the funding of events and fundraisers for the chapter.
Meetings are held Tuesdays for Kean University students in CAS building, room 453. For more information, please contact Whitney Edwards at edwardwh@kean.edu .
