Yay!

We shot right back up to the 30s! We're currently #31 in standings after 4 calls to Congress have been logged!! There are more coming!

I talked to my Research with Descriptive Statistics class about the ONE Campaign, the ONE Campus Challenge, and the Jubilee Act, and a lot of their comments really shocked me.

They asked why we should do anything, how is it going to help US to help THEM, why aren't we doing anything about the poor in our own country?

I was a little bit disgusted, to be honest. If we have the power to help the world, why wouldn't we want to use it? Am I so naive to think that we can actually make a difference? I really think we can. I called my senator. It's a baby step in the right direction. I think that the people with the means to create change for the better have a moral obligation to do so!

I wish more people thought that way.

It doesn't have to be like this. We can make it better. I'm pleading with whatever forces exist, with whatever deity you worship, that we can make it better. I know we can do it. It won't happen overnight, but we can at least DO something instead of sitting around not doing anything that doesn't immediately benefit us.

In Spanish, we had to read an excerpt about how the United States is a Utilitarian country. I didn't believe it until today. I thought more people cared. I thought college students were at that idealist age where they wanted to change the world. I was totally floored by the lack of support they had for this campaign!

We have the power, why aren't we using it?