My Nonprofit Reviews

As a member of OUDC's class 15, my outlook on life has changed. After spending three and a half weeks this summer with my 29 other classmates, experiencing an intense, educational, and eye-opening journey through New York City and the Deep South, I can say that I have become a much more aware person. I'm aware not only of the many problems people face in our country, but also of how communities on the smaller and larger scale function. I've learned just how subtle some of the largest social problems we face are and how to dig beneath society's surface to find them. But OUDC has also done something with this awareness; it has taught me not only the neccessity of being aware, but also the neccessity of making others aware. Over the summer we took lessons from community leaders, activists, lawyers, politicians, history, and a whole host other sources. We learned first hand what sort of actions need to be taken to create a change. What I took from it was primarily the importance of public awareness. Our country's problems, no matter what they are, will not even be confronted, never mind changed, if people don't understand and are not aware of them. What OUDC has done for me is inspire me to take this message to my community and make it aware. My life has never felt so fulfilling.

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