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Message from the president:
When I graduated from college several people asked me, "Well, now what are you going to do with your life?" My response "I'd like to save the world." As you can imagine I received a lot of strange looks, pats on the head, and condescending remarks. After some time out of college, I realized that the world was a bigger place than I had initially thought. Instead of getting discouraged, I decided to roll up my sleeves…... and get to work.
As an artist and an educator, I learn and draw from my surroundings. I write and produce works to inspire people and pursue my mission. My life issues program 'Life On Campus' is the first step. It is a play: about college experiences and key moments in life. It is drawn from my own experiences as well as the experiences of others and it is unlike any other program you have seen.
We performed it. People came. Many people including: students, parents, college faculty and administrators. They thanked us for dealing with such issues. They feel this is a program about their life, their experiences. Now they can discuss these experiences, good or bad, because they realize they are not alone.
It is this understanding, the knowledge that we are not alone, that enables people to discuss and tackle some of the most difficult issues of our time including: date rape, abuse, and racism.
This theory of saving the world has turned into helping one campus at a time, one session at a time, one student at a time. I now work to inspire artists, educators and students to save their piece of the world, one person at a time.
When people ask me today, what do you do for a living? My answer: I'm working with a quarter of a million people to save the world. How? By discussing life's issues, including; alcohol abuse, sex, friendship, love, self-discovery and homophobia through 'Life On Campus'. I still believe I can save the world; I will just do it one person at a time.
Colleen
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