CAMPUS CONFIDENTIAL: UNCW
Sample Scene #4 — “GroupMe General”
Episode 1: “No Justice, No Parking”

INT. STUDENT UNION — COMMON AREA — DAY

MAYA sits at a table that looks like it’s hosted ten breakups and
four revolutions. Laptop open. Phone in hand. A legal pad full of
scribbles: chants, times, bullet points, strategy.

She’s focused. Calm. The kind of calm that scares people.

Across from her: two students on her “team” —
JADA (organized chaos) and TY (nice, anxious, always holding water
like it’s a personality).

Their phones keep BUZZING.

                           JADA
            It’s spreading.

                           TY
            My aunt texted me the meme.
            I don’t even know how she found it.

Maya doesn’t look up.

                           MAYA
            The algorithm is a colonial power.
            It finds you.

She finally looks up, dead serious.

                           MAYA (CONT’D)
            Okay. Ground rules.

She flips the legal pad around. It reads:

“NO JUSTICE, NO PARKING — TOMORROW 12:15
RULES:
1) No violence
2) No slurs
3) No mascots
4) No ‘this is just like 1968’ speeches”

Ty raises a hand like it’s class.

                           TY
            What about… megaphones?

                           MAYA
            Megaphones are allowed.
            Drama is allowed.
            Nobody is getting arrested for content.

Jada grins.

                           JADA
            But what if someone *wants* to get arrested?
            Like, for the moment?

Maya stares her down.

                           MAYA
            Then they can go audition for Law & Order.
            This is not your influencer arc.

Ty scrolls his phone.

                           TY
            People are asking if Professor Knox is coming.

Maya’s eyes narrow in a way that says she has thought about this
exactly 40 times.

                           MAYA
            Knox doesn’t “come.”
            Knox appears when the universe is trying to teach
            you a lesson.

Jada laughs.

                           JADA
            He’s literally the meme though.

                           MAYA
            That’s why admin is panicking.
            If it was just students, they’d ignore it.

She types into a GROUPME chat titled:

“NO JUSTICE NO PARKING — ORGANIZING”

ON MAYA’S PHONE:
Messages fly:
“WHERE WE MEETING”
“I GOT A BOOT TOO”
“IS THIS ALLOWED”
“MY DAD SAID DONT DO IT”
“CAN WE BRING SIGNS”
“CAN WE BRING A DJ”

Maya starts typing. Stops. Then voice-types.

                           MAYA
            Okay listen up.
            Tomorrow is not about being loud.
            It’s about being clear.
            We are not ‘making trouble.’
            We are documenting reality.

Ty nods, impressed.

                           TY
            That was… inspirational.

                           MAYA
            It’s also legally accurate.

Jada points at the whiteboard behind Maya. It reads:

“PROTEST CHECKLIST:
- Permits? (lol)
- Signs
- Water
- Legal hotline
- Someone’s mom”

                           JADA
            “Someone’s mom” is wild.

                           MAYA
            Someone’s mom is undefeated.
            Administrators hear “mother” and start acting right.

Ty’s phone BUZZES. He shows Maya a DM.

ON SCREEN:
“Dean Harper’s office is telling people it’s ‘sanctioned’ now.”
“They’re gonna stage it.”
“Photo op.”

Maya leans back, disgusted.

                           MAYA
            Oh. So now it’s a diversity brochure.

Jada laughs too loudly.

                           JADA
            “Come protest—sponsored by Student Affairs.”

Maya’s eyes sharpen.

                           MAYA
            Exactly.
            They want the optics without the message.
            They want the chant without the change.

She stands. Energy shifts.
Now Maya is “Maya.”

                           MAYA (CONT’D)
            Okay. New rule.

She writes on the pad:

“5) NO ADMIN MICROPHONES”

                           TY
            Is that… a thing?

                           MAYA
            It’s a thing now.

Maya types again into the GroupMe.

                           MAYA (typing)
            IMPORTANT:
            If anyone from admin offers you a mic,
            do not take it.
            They don’t want your voice.
            They want your mouth.

Ty blinks.

                           TY
            That’s… kind of terrifying.

                           MAYA
            Good. Stay scared.
            Fear keeps you from doing dumb shit.

Jada points at another message.

                           JADA
            Someone asked if we’re doing this because
            “parking is inconvenient.”

Maya smiles. Not sweet. Not mean. Just… exact.

                           MAYA
            Parking is the gateway drug.
            This is about who gets squeezed first.
            Every time.

Ty leans in.

                           TY
            How do we make it funny though?
            Like… so people actually show?

Maya looks him dead in the eye.

                           MAYA
            Oh.
            Don’t worry.

She pulls up Canva.

                           MAYA (CONT’D)
            We’re gonna hurt their feelings in Helvetica.

Jada SNORTS.

                           JADA
            That’s the most activist thing I’ve ever heard.

Maya starts designing a flyer.
Big letters:

NO JUSTICE, NO PARKING.
COMMUTERS ARE STUDENTS TOO.
STOP BOOTING POOR PEOPLE.

She adds a tiny line at the bottom:

“Bring water. Bring ID. Bring your audacity.”

Maya pauses, then adds:

“NOT A PHOTO OP.”

Ty smiles, impressed.

                           TY
            Okay.
            I’m in.

Maya nods once.

                           MAYA
            Great.
            Then don’t be weird tomorrow.

Ty immediately looks worried.

                           TY
            That’s… hard for me.

Maya pats his shoulder like a coach.

                           MAYA
            Then be weird quietly.

CUT.