Re: how to respond to today's events?

Friends,

Today's events have left us so breathless that it has been difficult to regain 
ourselves and find ways to serve.  The students at LaGrange College have team 
up with Student Life staff to find numerous ways to respond to today's tragic 
events.  The students are approaching all organizations on campus to ask for 
"loose change" and for clothing.  Furthermore, we are hoping to use this time 
as a means to show the President that we hope to use peaceful means to solve 
this conflict.  In addition to assisting those in devastated/bombed areas of 
the United States of America, the students hope to show a gesture of love by 
providing to the suffering in a Middle Eastern country that have at times been 
labeled as our "enemy."  We are not providing to the polity but rather to 
victims of despotic governments and victims of unjust foreign policies.  We 
hope to use this as a means to build a bridge between communities and allow our 
students this opportunity to retaliate with "love."
The students are also participating in the Blood Drives and the college 
Chaplain is holding a vigil tonight.  We have already engaged students in 
understanding this event in Sociology and Human Services/Social Work classes 
and hope to continue to engage them so as to give them a fuller perspective.  
It is very difficult to think about service learning to it's full extent at 
this time, have other schools or institutions thought about service learning 
and reflection activities that are suitable for this? Please forgive me for the 
drawn out e-mail but I hope it proves useful.  

Stan Thangaraj
Director of Community Service
LaGrange College
(706)880-8778
sthangaraj@lgc.edu