Dear Senior,
Like you, I’m a Senior busy balancing my activism with work, school, and planning for the rest of my life. Graduation is a time to celebrate, but it’s also a time to reflect: What will our legacy be at our schools? Who has been there to help us succeed? What can we do to thank them?
As a student at American University, my activism has been an important part of my college experience and I want to thank the people who have supported me in that work. That's why I've decided to participate in the 2010 REC Senior Class Gift.
Unlike my university, which is asking graduating seniors to donate for some benches outside of a new campus building, I know the $10 or $25 that I give to REC will be used to directly benefit student activists like me. In keeping with their democratic processes, they’re even asking us to vote on how the money is spent! This is much more in line with the kind of legacy that I want to leave on campus, and all for about the same cost as a pizza.
REC has done incredible things for me during my years at American. Not only did they teach me about running campus campaigns and the strategy, messaging, movement building and media work that goes into it, but they also taught me, an anthropologist, everything I needed to know about finance and investments to make my campaigns successful. I have high hopes for American Universities current Community Investment campaign, and REC has been there to support me every step of the way. The 2010 Senior Class Gift is my way of expressing my gratitude and my desire to give back to the organization.
So, fellow graduating seniors, I’m asking you to join me. If you’ve ever attended one of REC’s conferences or trainings, asked REC a staff member to edit your proposals or give you advice for your campaign, or used their website, handbooks and case studies, then you know what valuable skills and resources they’re providing to student activists. Help me to help REC continue doing the awesome work they do. Click here to donate and vote today!
Sincerely,
Mary Schellentrager
American University Class of 2010
Like you, I’m a Senior busy balancing my activism with work, school, and planning for the rest of my life. Graduation is a time to celebrate, but it’s also a time to reflect: What will our legacy be at our schools? Who has been there to help us succeed? What can we do to thank them?
As a student at American University, my activism has been an important part of my college experience and I want to thank the people who have supported me in that work. That's why I've decided to participate in the 2010 REC Senior Class Gift.
Unlike my university, which is asking graduating seniors to donate for some benches outside of a new campus building, I know the $10 or $25 that I give to REC will be used to directly benefit student activists like me. In keeping with their democratic processes, they’re even asking us to vote on how the money is spent! This is much more in line with the kind of legacy that I want to leave on campus, and all for about the same cost as a pizza.
REC has done incredible things for me during my years at American. Not only did they teach me about running campus campaigns and the strategy, messaging, movement building and media work that goes into it, but they also taught me, an anthropologist, everything I needed to know about finance and investments to make my campaigns successful. I have high hopes for American Universities current Community Investment campaign, and REC has been there to support me every step of the way. The 2010 Senior Class Gift is my way of expressing my gratitude and my desire to give back to the organization.
So, fellow graduating seniors, I’m asking you to join me. If you’ve ever attended one of REC’s conferences or trainings, asked REC a staff member to edit your proposals or give you advice for your campaign, or used their website, handbooks and case studies, then you know what valuable skills and resources they’re providing to student activists. Help me to help REC continue doing the awesome work they do. Click here to donate and vote today!
Sincerely,
Mary Schellentrager
American University Class of 2010
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