Free pizza will be provided.
| Date | Thursday, September 20 |
| Time: | 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
| Place: | PAC 001 |
Friday, September 14, 2007
Teach for America Information Session
Interested in Teach for America? Come meet Wesleyan's recruitment director, Meredith Boak, and get your questions answered about this important program and its efforts to eliminate educational inequity in our time.
Free pizza will be provided.
Free pizza will be provided.
Teach for America #10 Place to Launch Career
Business Week named Teach for America the #10 place to launch your career this year, a huge jump from #43 last year.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
And How Are the Children?
"Among the most accomplished and fabled tribes of Africa, no tribe was considered to have warriors more fearsome or more intelligent than the mighty Masai. It is perhaps surprising, then, to learn the traditional greeting that passed between Masai warriors:"Kasserian Ingera," one would always say to another. It means, "And how are the children?"
It is still the traditional greeting among the Masai, acknowledging the high value that the Masai always place on their children's well-being. Even warriors with no children of their own would always give the traditional answer, "All the children are well." Meaning, of course, that peace and safety prevail, that the priorities of protecting the young, the powerless, are in place. That Masai society has not forgotten its reason for being, its proper functions and responsibilities. "All the children are well" means that life is good. It means that the daily struggles for existence do not preclude proper caring for their young.
I wonder how it might affect our consciousness of our own children's welfare if in our culture we took to greeting each other with this daily question: "And how are the children?" I wonder if we heard that question and passed it along to each other a dozen times a day, if it would begin to make a difference in the reality of how children are thought of or cared about in our own country.
I wonder if every adult among us, parent and non-parent alike, felt an equal weight for the daily care and protection of all the children in our community, in our town, in our state, in our country. . . . I wonder if we could truly say without any hesitation, "The children are well, yes, all the children are well."
What would it be like . . . if the minister began every worship service by answering the question, "And how are the children?" If every town leader had to answer the question at the beginning of every meeting: "And how are the children? Are they all well?" Wouldn't it be interesting to hear their answers? What would it be like? I wonder . . ."
An excerpt of a speech by Rev. Dr. Patrick T. O'Neill
It is still the traditional greeting among the Masai, acknowledging the high value that the Masai always place on their children's well-being. Even warriors with no children of their own would always give the traditional answer, "All the children are well." Meaning, of course, that peace and safety prevail, that the priorities of protecting the young, the powerless, are in place. That Masai society has not forgotten its reason for being, its proper functions and responsibilities. "All the children are well" means that life is good. It means that the daily struggles for existence do not preclude proper caring for their young.
I wonder how it might affect our consciousness of our own children's welfare if in our culture we took to greeting each other with this daily question: "And how are the children?" I wonder if we heard that question and passed it along to each other a dozen times a day, if it would begin to make a difference in the reality of how children are thought of or cared about in our own country.
I wonder if every adult among us, parent and non-parent alike, felt an equal weight for the daily care and protection of all the children in our community, in our town, in our state, in our country. . . . I wonder if we could truly say without any hesitation, "The children are well, yes, all the children are well."
What would it be like . . . if the minister began every worship service by answering the question, "And how are the children?" If every town leader had to answer the question at the beginning of every meeting: "And how are the children? Are they all well?" Wouldn't it be interesting to hear their answers? What would it be like? I wonder . . ."
An excerpt of a speech by Rev. Dr. Patrick T. O'Neill
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Obligatory Introductory Post
Hi Guys. It's me, Holly, from that other Wesleyan blog. Along with Rebecca Feiden '08, we are Wesleyan's Teach for America Campus Campaign Managers this year. So if you're a senior thinking about what you're going to do with your life after graduation and have any inkling towards promoting social justice and leveling the academic playing field, you should drop us a line and let us know.
My hope for this blog is to keep all the important Teach for America stuff in one place.
If you have any questions about the site, please feel free to contact me at hwood@wes.
My hope for this blog is to keep all the important Teach for America stuff in one place.
If you have any questions about the site, please feel free to contact me at hwood@wes.
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