Millennials Aren’t All Navel-Gazing Narcissists: I Have Proof!

It’s the end of a semester-long course on Social Change at the University of Pittsburgh. Throughout the course, students mentioned the volunteer and social action groups that they were leading or participating in. So I gave them an opportunity to tell the class about their work.

It was inspiring.

We think American young-adults are too busy texting about the minutia of their lives to care about others? Yes, many are. But there are others that are making a difference:

• A young woman helping food service employees push for better working conditions
• A young man spear-heading a community service month for his classmates to help in their own town
• A young woman gathering college students to mentor kids at a local public school
• A young man creating interracial dialogue by recruiting membership in an “intercultural house”
• A young man encouraging his classmates to register to vote for crucial midterm elections

And the list goes on.

These are the times when it’s a joy to teach.

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