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Texas Campus Compact: Civic engagement emphasized

TX (10/9/2009)

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/10/09/1009hinotes.html

ABC newsman John Quiñones will speak at a fundraising dinner Nov. 5 in Austin for the Texas Campus Compact, which promotes civic involvement among college students. The theme of the dinner, to be held at the Omni Austin Hotel, 700 San Jacinto Blvd., is “Live. Learn. Serve.” Tickets are $100 for compact members and $150 for nonmembers.

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The experience of interacting with some of the [homeless] people on the streets was an eye-opener. You leave those types of experiences with a mix of emotions--hope, disgust, love, grief--but I always leave motivated to do more."

-Taryn Anderson, Ohio Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA member, Capital University

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