Goal of the event:
The goal of the event was to raise awareness for the communication difficulties that the visually and hearing impaired may feel when trying to communicate with someone. The event also had the objective of removing the prejudice that plagues our society that judges people solely by their look.
Short description of the event:
A Speed Date with a Twist" was an event organized by ESN Lisboa for the ExchangeAbility Week Spring 2017. This event used the concept of a 'Speed Date' and gave it a Twist, It was Blindfolded! In such conditions not only it raises awareness for the difficulties of communication, that a visually impaired person feels, also it removes the 'prejudice' of judging the persons by the looks. The event was divided in 3 different parts: The First was the Speed Date in which 8 males and 8 females were given the opportunity for chatting for 5 minutes, after 5 minutes people switched, until all participants spoke between each others; the second part was the blinded object guessing and food tasting, in which the Erasmus tried to guess objects by feeling them and the food by tasting again raising awareness for the difficulties of the visually impaired, the last part the participants took out the blindfolds, and played a silent charade game in which they had to guess what one of the persons was impersonating, but no words were allowed this time to raise awareness to the difficulties of the hearing impaired.
How did your event go?:
In the end of the event, the feedback was really positive, the participants understood the message and the event was deemed a success to be repeated soon.
