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On its website, Dickinson states that it is committed to preparing young people for "engaged lives of citizenship and leadership in the service of society", is "unafraid to take risks, to speak out on important issues", and "remains[s] decisive and competitive and committed to its own brand of the liberal arts..." | On its website, Dickinson states that it is committed to preparing young people for "engaged lives of citizenship and leadership in the service of society", is "unafraid to take risks, to speak out on important issues", and "remains[s] decisive and competitive and committed to its own brand of the liberal arts..." | ||
Dickinson's goal of preparing young adults to be leaders and to speak out on important issues, no matter how risky, fosters a environment for social action. There are many different organizations at Dickinson that address social issues and many other non-social action groups that are involved in social justice. To learn more about Dickinson's involvement in social action, we conducted a survey to find out what the organizations on campus are doing, their effectiveness, and what improvements and or/changes they would like to see in Dickinson's social action community. The following pages are made up of the results of what we found. | Dickinson's goal of preparing young adults to be leaders and to speak out on important issues, no matter how risky, fosters a environment for social action. There are many different organizations at Dickinson that address social issues and many other non-social action groups that are involved in social justice. To learn more about Dickinson's involvement in social action, we conducted a survey to find out what the organizations on campus are doing, their effectiveness, and what improvements and or/changes they would like to see in Dickinson's social action community. The following pages are made up of the results of what we found. | ||
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On its website, Dickinson states that it is committed to preparing young people for "engaged lives of citizenship and leadership in the service of society", is "unafraid to take risks, to speak out on important issues", and "remains[s] decisive and competitive and committed to its own brand of the liberal arts..."
Dickinson's goal of preparing young adults to be leaders and to speak out on important issues, no matter how risky, fosters a environment for social action. There are many different organizations at Dickinson that address social issues and many other non-social action groups that are involved in social justice. To learn more about Dickinson's involvement in social action, we conducted a survey to find out what the organizations on campus are doing, their effectiveness, and what improvements and or/changes they would like to see in Dickinson's social action community. The following pages are made up of the results of what we found.
