Free Hugs Campaign

          Hug is one way to express our feeling like happy or sympathy with someone else. Actually, someone would feel better after we hug each other. But, I surprised about Free Hugs Campaign, because it’s uncommon situation for me. After I watched the video about the “Free Hugs”, I thought it became phenomenal video.

In the video, we will see a man who walks in crowd place while bring a cardboard with the words “Free Hugs” and held the cardboard aloft on his both side. Juan Mann is the creator who has mission to spread peaceful on the world through hugs people to change people’s mind about human contact especially in social live.

            At the beginning, the man walked around the busiest pedestrians while bring the sign aloft on his both side to make people interest with the sign and wants hug him. At first, what he brings doesn’t make sense for the people. People didn’t give their respond to him. During the man walked, some people just watched him, took his picture and passed him. Juan Mann didn’t give up with the situation around him. After several minutes, he met a woman and it was his first hug after through that way. Then, some people around him one by one walked close to him and their hug each other. It was really funny saw people hug Juan Mann in many kind of style, like used the skateboard to reach him or just as usual.  Next, some people tried to bring that sign and hug each other. So, we could see that some people give their respond to “Free Hugs Campaign” from their act to Juan Mann.

During the campaign, suddenly several police and officials ordered the “Free Hugs” campaign banned. The police and officials tried to stop and disperse the campaign. Then, some people helped the man by giving their signature as petition to against the police. At first, the total signatures just 83, but then it totally surprised because he gave 10.000 signatures. Some people also tried to talk with the police and hug the police. In the end of the video, Juan Mann hugged an old woman and continued their mission bring that sign for peace of the world.

 Finally, from this video we can get the main point to show the spirit of humanity and togetherness with the simple way by hugging someone because it’s mean that you care about them. That’s way the Juan Mann does that to open our mind about people around us because we are the same.