Students Walk in Someone Else's Shoes
Ashley Winseck Staff Reporter
Issue date: 10/20/05 Section: News
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The Fear No People lecture series continued with another installment last week. On Friday, October 14, the Sacred Heart Community was invited to attend an event dealing with various disabilities.
Residential Life and Housing Services were hoping to have guest speaker Dave Stevens attend this particular Fear No People event, which was titled, "Walk in Someone Else's Shoes."
However Stevens, a man born without lower extremities and living with prosthetic limbs, was unable to attend on Friday.
While Stevens' condition of living with artificial lower limbs would have had great impact on the group's purpose, Scholars Commons RHD Nicole Faison-Jeter stepped in to do the speaking.
"Only the brave dare look upon difference without flinching," said Faison as she recited a poem in her opening speech. In this moment she captured the purpose of Friday's event.
The purpose of the Fear No People Series is "to expose and breakdown the fears our University Community has about peoples, cultures, and ideologies outside our realm of comfort," stated on a handout produced by Residential Life.
This event was supported by Faison and the rest of the staff of Scholars Commons.
Resident Assistants ran and facilitated discussions during the activities portion of the session.
Four stations were set up in order for participants to experience what it might be like to have certain disabilities, to literally walk in someone else's shoes.
As Faison spoke, she asked for cooperation and participation from the group, which had been quiet thus far. As students were broken up into groups and sent to various stations, unsure looks were exchanged.
"I honestly did not think it would be that interesting, especially if we were just going to sit there and listen," said Amanda Arsenault, junior, of North Branford, "but the activities actually weren't bad and pretty interesting.
While Faison and the RA's acknowledge that they could never touch base on every disability, they did provide experiences in reading, hearing, physical, and seeing disabilities.
Residential Life and Housing Services were hoping to have guest speaker Dave Stevens attend this particular Fear No People event, which was titled, "Walk in Someone Else's Shoes."
However Stevens, a man born without lower extremities and living with prosthetic limbs, was unable to attend on Friday.
While Stevens' condition of living with artificial lower limbs would have had great impact on the group's purpose, Scholars Commons RHD Nicole Faison-Jeter stepped in to do the speaking.
"Only the brave dare look upon difference without flinching," said Faison as she recited a poem in her opening speech. In this moment she captured the purpose of Friday's event.
The purpose of the Fear No People Series is "to expose and breakdown the fears our University Community has about peoples, cultures, and ideologies outside our realm of comfort," stated on a handout produced by Residential Life.
This event was supported by Faison and the rest of the staff of Scholars Commons.
Resident Assistants ran and facilitated discussions during the activities portion of the session.
Four stations were set up in order for participants to experience what it might be like to have certain disabilities, to literally walk in someone else's shoes.
As Faison spoke, she asked for cooperation and participation from the group, which had been quiet thus far. As students were broken up into groups and sent to various stations, unsure looks were exchanged.
"I honestly did not think it would be that interesting, especially if we were just going to sit there and listen," said Amanda Arsenault, junior, of North Branford, "but the activities actually weren't bad and pretty interesting.
While Faison and the RA's acknowledge that they could never touch base on every disability, they did provide experiences in reading, hearing, physical, and seeing disabilities.