As we proceed throughout the course text we ran across a topic called citizenship that proved to be quite interesting. Citizenship in my own words has to deal with taking pride within your own community and willing to work at making it better. Often people get caught up in taking care of themselves and/or immediate people in their own personal lives. I admit everyone has their own personal struggles, but if we all could take some time out of our busy/hectic days just to spend a few hours trying to improve something within the community that would go along way. You are not only affecting change in someone else's life, but your own as well because you never know what particular experience you may come across in your efforts. Those few hours you spend getting lost in helping a greater cause could give you all the satisfaction and energy you need to tackle your own personal issues or concerns.
My fraternity...hahaha...yes Kappa Alpha Psi partakes in numerous community service events throughout the year, but I don't know if everybody individually is doing it for the same reasons. Some of us enjoy it while others do it because the chapter forces them. Nevertheless we uphold our civic responsibility to perform service because it is one of our 5 objectives. It basically comes down to being in a position to give back why not? A lot of us are going to graduate with a college education from THE Ohio State University with jobs lined up and a huge social network of individuals to call upon for assitance through the fraternity. Why not show some appreciation and give back to the community whether through mentoring (Guide Right Program/Kappa League) collecting/donating money for medical research (St. Jude Hospital) or something as simply as collecting toys for the make a wish foundation and helping serve food at the soup kitchen. The littlest things go a long way especially to the people you are assiting.
It is a shame that whenever a nice gesture is done people expect some kind of motive behind it, but through citizenship we can help change that mindset and help make it to the point that when you don't do something generous you feel bad like you committed a crime.
I like your take on citizenship. It's true we have this huge network as Greek members so why not use it for the good of it all.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you said that by helping others through citizenship you can also help yourself with some problems youre going through. There's nothing quite like helping others to make you appreciate what you have.
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