Yonsei YTC: Green Cafe Campaign at Yonsei University (June 2, 2015)
Yonsei YTC: Green Café Campaign at Yonsei University (June 2, 2015)
1. Introduction to the campaign
Yonsei University’s Youth Temperance Council (YTC) organized its annual ‘Green Café Campaign’ to promote no consumption of alcohol and other addictive substances. Currently, Korea has an ever-growing amount of societal problems caused by the consumption of alcohol. So many issues such as sexual assault, drunk driving, and addiction problems that irreversibly destruct families and societies are linked with alcohol and continue to get worse. We believe this stems from the general perception of Korean society, which is not properly aware of the fact that these are all incidents directly related to alcohol. And so from this context, we set the target of campus students, who are the future of society and country, to have a proper perception of alcohol by educating the importance of harmful effects it causes. Thus, for the prevention of harmful effects caused by alcohol and to spread a healthy cultural campaign, the Green Café was organized.
2. Activities
1) No-drinking Mentoring:
Mentoring for students was led by Pastor Cho Nam-Hyun (KWCTU associate pastor), Doctor Park Kyung-Il (Ewha Woman’s University of College of Nursing Science), President Hyun Kyung Kim (NZKWCTU). Students were educated about the harms of alcohol and smoking and encouraged to refrain from drinking.