Global Activism Expo at UIC

This afternoon I spent some time at this expo at UIC, very inspiring all around. Booths and volunteers from several dozen organizations presented make-the-world-better volunteer work around health care, education, food, peacekeeping, transportation,and several other initiatives. The expo was sponsored by the Social Justice Initiative at UIC, WBEZ, and Vocalo.org. In addition to collecting info from the booths and having brief conversations, I also attended one of the panel presentations but left after a few minutes: just don’t have the patience any more for listening to speakers since I can read and get the same information in 1/4 of the time.

The attendance impressed me, lots and lots of young people plus a good number of cotton heads like me. I shouldn’t trust my memory from the olden days, but I have a sense the participants were more diverse and maybe better informed than those I spent time with during my days of activism. Whether or not that’s accurate, doesn’t really matter; A significant turn out at an event like this is a great sign.

Here’s a link