A few weeks ago, media professionals from OU set up a tent on the South Oval. They weren’t handing out t-shirts, fundraising for a philanthropy, or pushing the latest student housing complex. Posted up where the sidewalks converge on the long green lawn in front of the Bizzell, they invited students to write whatever they wanted in 15 words or less. No prompts. No agenda. They wanted to create a space for student voices to be seen and heard.
Mason Drumm, the creator of the project, called it the “Say Something” campaign. It was an experimental effort to feature the diversity of Sooner voices through portraiture and the students’ written word. "My intention with this project was to photograph the deep, diverse, and vulnerable nature of unspoken words. Students were invited to say something in their own handwriting in fifteen words or less before shooting their portrait,” Drumm said.
Many voices. One Oklahoma. These are Sooner voices when we asked them to say something.
![Say Something campaign: I AM Somebody](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage/image.img.jpg/1490733883078.jpg)
Class of 2018
![Say Something campaign: Always have integrity](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_1910577918/image.img.jpg/1490798445197.jpg)
Shelby
Class of 2017
MAJOR: International Studies
![Say Something campaign: Follow your dreams or work for somebody who did!](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_843480846/image.img.jpg/1490733919247.jpg)
Phoebe
Class of 2018
MAJOR: Chemical Bioscience
![Say Something campaign: BE HERE NOW](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_1046977600/image.img.jpg/1490733949777.jpg)
Lester
Class of 2020
MAJOR: Pre-Med
![Say Something campaign: I will eventually graduate](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_387964004/image.img.jpg/1490733973419.jpg)
Matt
Class of 2018
MAJOR: Finance
![Say Something campaign: Black is Beautiful](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_1230519708/image.img.jpg/1490733995615.jpg)
Monica
Class of 2017
MAJOR: Social Work
![Say Something campaign: Save the Planet](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_1419079779/image.img.jpg/1490798411625.jpg)
Joe
Class of 2018
MAJOR: Aerospace Engineering
![Say Something campaign: I am enough.](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_1545139461/image.img.jpg/1490734041122.jpg)
Shelton
Class of 2020
MAJOR: Marketing
![Say Something campaign: No ban on stolen land](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_1594573187/image.img.jpg/1490734105181.jpg)
Kaimera
Class of 2020
MAJOR: Criminology, Pre-Law
![Say Something campaign: I'm more than what you think of me](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_1949498413/image.img.jpg/1490734097065.jpg)
Kelsey
Class of 2020
MAJOR: Chemistry, Pre-Med
![Say Something campaign: [Are you free?]](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_22434855/image.img.jpg/1490734124654.jpg)
Vladyslav
Class of 2020
MAJOR: Journalism
![Say Something campaign: Love people beyond the FLAG](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_742740245/image.img.jpg/1490734140945.jpg)
Neda
PhD Student
![Say Something campaign: Black girl magic](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_1952967529/image.img.jpg/1490734174663.jpg)
Naybree
Class of 2019
MAJOR: Criminology
![Say Something campaign: Cultivate good](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_24680449/image.img.jpg/1490734195398.jpg)
Karina
Class of 2019
MAJOR: Advertising and Spanish
![Say Something campaign: Diversity is GREAT!](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_8363244/image.img.jpg/1490734228910.jpg)
Li
Class of 2018
MAJOR: International Studies
![Say Something campaign: Do good things](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_1255146467/image.img.jpg/1490734253961.jpg)
Abigail
Class of 2020
MAJOR: Biology, Pre-Med
![Say Something campaign: Black excellence, elegance, opulence](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_519697993/image.img.jpg/1490734291742.jpg)
Joy
Class of 2019
MAJOR: Dance
![Say Something campaign: Love is Love](/content/web/news_events/articles/news_2017/say-something/_jcr_content/contentpar/textimage_1251414651/image.img.jpg/1490733501324.jpg)