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.
What will replace it?
Russia’s population is expected to fall by 22% between 2005 and 2050, Ukraine’s by a staggering 43%. … Japan … has started to shrink and others, such as Italy and Germany, will soon follow. Even China’s population will be declining by the early 2030s, according to the UN, which projects that by 2050 populations will be lower than they are today in 50 countries.
Rick McCharles 