Riffing off of the Black Eyed Peas song “Where is the Love?” a coalition of university and student organizations are holding a weeklong event against hate and violence.

“Where’s the love: a campaign against hate and violence” is a week of events planned to educate the campus on how love and understanding can conquer violence and hate.

The week began Sunday night in the Gold Room of the Memorial Union where student organization Time for Peace kicked off the week.

The campaign has been planned since early September, said Tamim Mahayni, a member of Time for Peace and co-organizer of the event.

“The lyrics motivated us to raise awareness of the world on campus,” said Mahayni, sophomore in liberal arts and sciences- open option. “We knew people weren’t really listening to the lyrics of the song, and it inspired us to make a change on campus.”

Mahayni said he hopes the campaign will increase communication among student organizations on campus and open students to new experiences.

The week continues on Monday when the Society of Chemistry Undergraduate Majors plans to have a show west of the Hub between noon and 1 p.m.

“It’s a promotional bit … We’ll be blowing up balloons and there’ll be fiery, explosive reactions,” said Valerie Hobson, a member of the Society of Chemistry Undergraduates and senior in agricultural biochemistry.

Both the ISU chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Sloss Women’s Center will host “Arbitrary Discrimination” on Tuesday morning. They will hand out hot cocoa and cider, but will decide who gets a drink based on random criteria for students’ wardrobe, said Penny Rice, coordinator for the Margaret Sloss Women’s Center.

Women have historically and economically been denied random privileges, and the program is a way to open peoples’ minds to the issue, Rice said. Students who aren’t randomly discriminated against will experience how it feels to have privileges just handed to them, she said.

Tuesday night, the Maintenance Shop will host a poetry slam at 7:30 p.m., organized by Jim Coppoc, graduate student in English.

“I hope to raise awareness of issues,” Coppoc said. “I personally feel that writing poetry makes you a more thoughtful person, more aware of the world around you.”

Three celebrity judges will score the poetry slam. Thomas Hill, vice president for student affairs; Mary Swander, distinguished professor of English and Hiawatha Rutland, a former ISU tailback, will take part. There will also be two other judges randomly chosen from the crowd.

The Department of Public Safety will hold a self-defense clinic Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Forker Building.

“It’s a general approach to self-defense,” said ISU Police Capt. Gene Deisinger. “It’s to sensitize students to issues of personal safety.”

Deisinger said DPS will provide basic safety tips followed by hands-on learning experiences with demonstrations.

“The intent is to stimulate thinking and ideas and strategies on how to handle situations,” he said.

Deisinger said he would like students to think about issues that benefit them and would like students to get a better understanding of what DPS does through interacting with its officers.