<div dir="ltr"><p style="font-family:sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">"Think Big" a program about diversity, equity, inclusion and servant leadership, will be held on Tuesday, November 16 at 7 p.m. in the ACC Ballrooms, sponsored by the Interfraternity Council and Inter-Sorority Association Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. In this program, Saul Flores </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">shares his story of helping others in need to emphasize the value of servant leadership, and how to give back to different communities through service-learning initiatives and humanitarian projects.</span></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">On a service-learning spring break trip to his mother’s hometown, Saul discovered a withering cinderblock elementary school, flowered by beautiful fields of sugarcane. Struck by the charm and contrastingly severe poverty of the six-classroom building, Saul decided to act. </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">He found the students living in aluminum shanties and sleeping on the floor, lacking motivation for school. Determined to help make a difference in the lives of the children, and armed with the knowledge that education provides youth a solid foundation, Saul made it his mission to raise funds to reconstruct their school. </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">After an arduous three-year labor of love, and with the help of a community of scholars wanting to make a difference, the 134 elementary students graduated in a newly reconstructed school.</span></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">As a result of attending this program, students will learn:</span><br></p><ul style="font-family:sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;list-style-position:initial;line-height:26px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">how finding purpose beyond just themselves allows them to accomplish much more,</font></li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">how serving others is leadership,</font></li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">the value of service-learning trips and giving back to communities, and</font></li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">how to use their skills and talents in service of others.</font></li></ul><div style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" style="">This program is funded by the Interfraternity Council, the Inter-Sorority Association and the Student Association Fraternity & Sorority Leadership Programming Grants.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="2">ALLISON SWICK-DUTTINE</font></b><br></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">Director of Fraternity/Sorority Life</font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial">and Project HELP</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><br></p><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