Love

Paulo Freire said it, Jane Addams focused on it, Studs Terkel interviewed countless people about it. It is the answer to why we commit ourselves to doing work in our colleges and in our communities to help people learn, grow, and develop their own commitment to supporting others. The it is love and unless our civic and democratic engagement efforts are based in love for each other and for helping to create a more loving community overall, they are sure to fall short. With love as our foundation, hope endures for bringing about real, substantive, meaningful change that is mutually beneficial to all.