No Boundaries Week to debut at GC&SU
The first “No Boundaries Week” at Georgia College & State University will encompass volunteer opportunities, events and speakers giving students the opportunity to empathize with individuals who have disabilities on Oct. 18-22.
Planned in conjunction with National Disabilities Awareness Month, it will show that people who have disabilities engage in many of the same activities as people without disabilities. All events are free.
No Boundaries Week is a national program of Push America, the exclusive philanthropy of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. Their motto is “building the leaders of tomorrow by serving people with disabilities today.”
Paul Sedor, a member of Pi Kappa Phi, plans to make this an annual event on campus.
“Rather than just having a single activity, we are conducting a week-long program so that we can have a large impact on campus and the community,” Sedor said.
The week begins on Monday with the Executive Director of Push America, Chad Coltrane, speaking in the Peabody Auditorium. After the speech, there will be an empathy dinner in the university dinning hall in which every participant will receive a disability at the door in order to stimulate what it is like to have a disability.
On Tuesday, Dottie Adams will conduct sensitivity training in the MSU lounge at 5 p.m. Following this will be the first tournament of the week, wheelchair basketball, at 8 p.m. in the Centennial center.
At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the GIVE center will be showing “I am Sam” for Project Impact. Bill Frowine, the associate director of university housing, will be speaking after the film about his sight-impairment. There will be a volleyball tournament in the Centennial center at 7 p.m., showing students what it is like to be paraplegic.
On Thursday, John Williams will be speaking at 5 p.m. in the MSU lounge. Immediately following William’s speech will be a game of Uno. The cards will be in Braille and participants will play as if they were visually impaired. At 7 p.m. the final tournament, beeper-ball, will take place at Walter B. Williams Park. This will be a game of baseball where the players will hear a beep when it is time to swing at the ball.
Friday’s events will conclude the week with a concert in Max Noah from the Baldwin Service Center and an awards ceremony recognizing the winners of the tournaments and contributors to the program. Following the ceremony will be a cookout on front campus.
Contact Kendall Stiles at 445-5936 for more information.
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Oct 15 2004. Filed under Other.
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