Top 10 Showcase: At the Core of the Curry Community
We’ve asked the campus leaders from the Top 10 schools to write up some behind-the-scenes info about their projects. You can vote for your favorite project here. -Emily Stivers
When considering what ONE Curry would do for our final OCC project, there were a few key themes we wanted to incorporate, which we feel are central to ONE. First off, we wanted our project to be fun. We’ve worked hard during the last three years at Curry to reshape the way people think about fighting poverty in order to see the great opportunity we have before us. Second, at the core of our community is the philosophy of Ubuntu — an African Zulu word that means, “I am because we are.” If a child in Africa is suffering, or a mother in South America is suffering, or our next door neighbor is suffering, than we too suffer. We are all connected and, if we work together, we can make great change in this world. Third, we wanted to reach every generation; to show every generation that they can help make poverty history.
The assimilation of these themes came in the form of our very own rock tour: The Rock the Change Tour! We decked out a van (our Tour Bus), visited an Elementary School, an Elderly Housing Facility, and of course our own campus. The response was tremendous. The senior citizens had so much insight to share with us, the Curry students had a blast at our ONE Trivia night, and the elementary school kids were just amazing. We held a shoe drive at the school, expecting maybe a couple hundred pairs of shoes. We returned STUNNED to find over 1,200 pairs of shoes!! These children showed us the power of community. They give us hope and they also give hope to children around the world who are literally dying for it.
We hope you’ll watch our video and, if you like it, vote for us! But regardless of the outcome, we’ve already won a life-changing experience that we’ll cherish forever.
-John Abdulla, Curry College
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