After 2 weeks in Florida’s Spring Break central, I got interested in a new program initiated by The United Way and televised on MTV. It’s called The Amazing Break.

Instead of a drunken beach blow-out, college kids are offered alternatives.

One group is on the Equality Ride — a bus visiting conservative universities and military schools which they feel discriminate against gay and lesbian students. The first stop was Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University.

In a scene out of Gandhi, the students lined up to be arrested for trespass all the while reading a statement of their cause.

Non-violent resistance is powerful. I was moved.

MTV.com – think – Students Volunteering For A Spring Break They Won’t Forget

I met hundreds of volunteers in Central America too. It is excellent life experience, likely better than attending classes.