Taris Mullins wants Morrison Residence Hall to be a nicer place — literally.
Due to Mullins, the residence hall’s community director, the residence hall has embraced Actively Caring for People, a national movement that circulates bracelets for those observed performing acts of kindness.
Mullins started the movement among his resident advisers last year. And this year, the program has spread to all of Morrison.
“We wanted to create that culture shift away from negativity and a change in students’ mind-sets,” Mullins said.
Those who are observed acting kindly toward another person are rewarded with a green bracelet passed on by the recipient of the kind act.
Currently 1,000 to 2,000 bracelets are circulating on campus, Mullins said. Approximately 70,000 bracelets are being passed around the country as part of the national movement, he said.
The Actively Caring for People initiative began in 2007 as a non-profit movement after the Virginia Tech shooting massacre.
Mullins, who was a sophomore at Virginia Tech when the shooting occurred, said the central purpose of the project is to promote positive perspectives among people.
Each bracelet has a unique tracking number that can be accessed online to see where it is, who has received it and the act of kindness performed.