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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Students United creates new chant
Student United, Yo
(Set to the "We Will Rock You" beat - stomp stomp clap)
We don't put up with discrimination!
We all come from the same nation!
Students united, a step above.
We replace HATE with PEACE and LOVE
Come on, Leaers, with all your might!
Students United, let's fight, fight, fight!
(Set to the "We Will Rock You" beat - stomp stomp clap)
We don't put up with discrimination!
We all come from the same nation!
Students united, a step above.
We replace HATE with PEACE and LOVE
Come on, Leaers, with all your might!
Students United, let's fight, fight, fight!
Labels: student written
Student Attends NTIC Training in Chicago, IL
Written by Andre Seward
The other day I had the honor and pleasure to attend the National Training and Information Center Leadership Conference in the wonderful city of Chicago, Illinois. The whole conference was pretty cool. In our first meeting or whatever you call it those attending, including myself were treated to a powerful speech about not being “nice” by Shel Trapp. He really engaged the audience and made us think about positions of power, and where we sit it, in our communities and our country. And how sometimes, not being nice is the way to get people in positions of power over you to listen to you. His speech was very informative and helpful.
Afterwards we learned a song about not being nice, and that was pretty fun. Then we did a couple of exercises to help us get to know each other better and to introduce ourselves to other people at the conference. This activity was helpful to me, because otherwise I might have kept shy the rest of the conference.
Another thing that I enjoyed about the whole conference was how warm everyone was and they made me feel quite welcome. The following days we went through various workshops that improved our leadership skills. The thing that was most beneficial to me in these workshops was how interactive it was. Our interactions and activities basically decided the direction of the conference. Which was really nice, because at some conferences you just sit in chairs and listen to the speaker. Bleh.
Also, we got to plan and sort of decide some of what was going to happen at NPA in march. That was really empowering for me. Which reminds me, I got to use the microphone a couple of times during the conference to speak to the crowd attending, which was pretty fun and helped me on my public speaking skills.
The structure of the conference was also really nice, we had a lot of breaks which was really quite lovely. Being able to learn things, and interact with everyone and have a position of power was marvelous. I have a very lovely time, and I’m glad I was able to attend and would certainly do it again if I could.
The other day I had the honor and pleasure to attend the National Training and Information Center Leadership Conference in the wonderful city of Chicago, Illinois. The whole conference was pretty cool. In our first meeting or whatever you call it those attending, including myself were treated to a powerful speech about not being “nice” by Shel Trapp. He really engaged the audience and made us think about positions of power, and where we sit it, in our communities and our country. And how sometimes, not being nice is the way to get people in positions of power over you to listen to you. His speech was very informative and helpful.
Afterwards we learned a song about not being nice, and that was pretty fun. Then we did a couple of exercises to help us get to know each other better and to introduce ourselves to other people at the conference. This activity was helpful to me, because otherwise I might have kept shy the rest of the conference.
Another thing that I enjoyed about the whole conference was how warm everyone was and they made me feel quite welcome. The following days we went through various workshops that improved our leadership skills. The thing that was most beneficial to me in these workshops was how interactive it was. Our interactions and activities basically decided the direction of the conference. Which was really nice, because at some conferences you just sit in chairs and listen to the speaker. Bleh.
Also, we got to plan and sort of decide some of what was going to happen at NPA in march. That was really empowering for me. Which reminds me, I got to use the microphone a couple of times during the conference to speak to the crowd attending, which was pretty fun and helped me on my public speaking skills.
The structure of the conference was also really nice, we had a lot of breaks which was really quite lovely. Being able to learn things, and interact with everyone and have a position of power was marvelous. I have a very lovely time, and I’m glad I was able to attend and would certainly do it again if I could.
Labels: NPA, student written, travel
Smash Apathy New Blog!
We've decided to use a new blog program to keep you up to date with Students United events? What do you think?
First Post
Created to test blog.