Well... Sort of
No not a Honda Civic. We are talking civic action.
I don’t think any of us in Communication Ethics are going to be in disagreement on this one. This class provided us all some sense that we could have an impact on the community to some degree. We got to go out into the community, for no longer than a few weeks, to follow those who are truly making a difference during Project Report. I know for a lot of us that experience proved to be invaluable.
But just stop and think for a minute about what we accomplished. Think beyond how any individual video turned out or whatever grade was received. In just a few short weeks we all were able to report on a handful of absolutely amazing stories. All of these stories are stories that needed to be told, and were dying for people to hear them and simply needed a forum. To me the question “Do you think you can make a difference in the community?” is an easy one. Haven’t we all already made a difference? Sure those videos weren’t completely groundbreaking in any way, and I realize they aren’t going to solve any of the world’s problems, but I also think it would be hard to argue telling those stories wasn’t at least a step, no matter how small.
The class’ sense of civic action and responsibility is most evident in all of our final projects. Just think about some of the topics we have already heard about. One could argue that almost all of them speak to how we can in some way improve our society. It has become clear, at least to me, that this class has us all thinking the right way.
