2008 Woodie Awards
National organization activates SIUE chapter
Athena Caballerro
Issue date: 8/30/05 Section: Lifestyles
If you've got something to say, come out and raise your voice.
Raise Your Voice is a nationwide campaign that gives students the chance to speak out about current issues.
The organization's first forum will be from 11 a.m. to noon Sept. 8 in the Morris University Center's Goshen Lounge. An informal meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7 at Starbucks for students unable to attend the Thursday forum.
Students are encouraged to attend meetings or forums where they can share their views and opinions. Raise Your Voice is sponsored by Illinois Campus Compact and Pew Charitable Trust.
The group connects 300,000 students across the country in more than 450 college campuses. Although Raise Your Voice has been on campus for three years, leaders say they plan to get organized this year and become a recognized student organization.
"You get to learn a lot about the world around you," Leah Orwig, a graduate adviser, said. "It's very empowering."
Raise Your Voice provides students with practical resources, an outlet to share their thoughts and obtain information in order to be better educated and involved in their community. Community work, activism, leadership and civic growth are the ideals of the group.
For more information e-mail skutter@siue.edu or sign up in the Kimmel Leadership Center in the MUC.
Raise Your Voice is a nationwide campaign that gives students the chance to speak out about current issues.
The organization's first forum will be from 11 a.m. to noon Sept. 8 in the Morris University Center's Goshen Lounge. An informal meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7 at Starbucks for students unable to attend the Thursday forum.
Students are encouraged to attend meetings or forums where they can share their views and opinions. Raise Your Voice is sponsored by Illinois Campus Compact and Pew Charitable Trust.
The group connects 300,000 students across the country in more than 450 college campuses. Although Raise Your Voice has been on campus for three years, leaders say they plan to get organized this year and become a recognized student organization.
"You get to learn a lot about the world around you," Leah Orwig, a graduate adviser, said. "It's very empowering."
Raise Your Voice provides students with practical resources, an outlet to share their thoughts and obtain information in order to be better educated and involved in their community. Community work, activism, leadership and civic growth are the ideals of the group.
For more information e-mail skutter@siue.edu or sign up in the Kimmel Leadership Center in the MUC.