{"id":151775,"date":"2019-09-05T10:45:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?p=151775"},"modified":"2020-09-17T10:32:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T14:32:28","slug":"senior-prom","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2019\/senior-prom\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Prom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"banner-container banner-has-html\"><div class=\"bu-slideshow-container senior-prom autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-151780\" data-slideshow-name=\"senior-prom\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-151780\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-151780_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2019\/09\/Senior-Prom-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">The Senior Prom King and Queen, the Fordhams.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-151780_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2019\/09\/Senior-Prom-2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Senior residents from the Barkley Apartments enjoying the dance floor.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-151780_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2019\/09\/Senior-Prom-4.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Students Sarah Brewer, left, and Sabrina Zerzouri.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-151780_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2019\/09\/Senior-Prom-3.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">From left: Renee Blocker, Marylyn Creer (SPH'19), and Candice Belanoff, clinical associate professor of community health sciences.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-151780_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2019\/09\/Senior-Prom-5.png\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Bingo was the residents' and volunteers' favorite way to connect and have a little fun, so Senior Prom wouldn't be complete without a few rounds.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-151780\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar sphnews-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">September 5, 2019<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Barkley Senior Prom, held in the Hiebert Lounge on August 23, was the culmination of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/practice\/activist-lab\/be-a-change-agent\/impact-grants\/\">Activist Bucks<\/a> project by MPH students\u00a0Sarah Brewer and Sabrina Zerzouri to address elder isolation at the nearby Barkley Housing Development.<\/p>\n<p>Brewer and Zerzouri&#8217;s goal was to reduce elder isolation among Barkley residents by providing social opportunities\u2014and cultivating connections between residents and MPH students, building a relationship that could serve as a foundation for future public health work with this community.<\/p>\n<p>Together with community leaders at Barkley; the Partnership in Health and Housing manager, Marylyn Creer; Activist Lab staff; and student volunteers, Brewer and Zerzouri hosted events throughout the summer for the senior residents of Barkley. Bingo was quickly identified as the preferred activity for the senior residents and younger volunteers alike.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the project, Barkley residents enjoyed an evening in Hiebert Lounge on the BU Medical Campus, watching the sun set over the Boston skyline. They danced the night away thanks to the musical stylings of MPH student, Rafik Wahbi, who was the DJ for the event. The eldest couple in attendance, Mr. and Mrs. Fordham, were voted and crowned Prom King and Queen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"mailto:erbarbo@bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Emily Barbo<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Activist Lab provides a micro-grant program, called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/practice\/activist-lab\/be-a-change-agent\/impact-grants\/\">Activist Bucks<\/a>, to support student projects that create change through action. 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