We live in a political era with a lot of unprecedented happenings such as Globalization, technology changing the whole world of politics, and most of all having a former reality TV star that holds the most powerful position in the world. Millennials', and people, in general, need to start being more politically active.
According to the United States Census Bureau report, our generation now outnumbers the baby boomer generation, and we now have the power and thus the responsibility to figure out how to appropriately respond to these kinds of political issues. However, even when we want to do so our voices often get drowned out, and we do not feel like we are being heard. Individuals have a hard time making their voices heard so we must stand unified, in large numbers, with a clear message and even still our individual actions must be bold and loud.
The Political Activism Club (PAC) at Eastern University will attempt to provide this much needed unified and loud voice to the students of Eastern University. While Eastern is a very politically active community with several clubs like YACHT, Prison Ministry, Refuge, Students Against Human Trafficking (SAHT) and Earth Keepers. The Political Activism Club seeks to unify all of these voices to speak out on issues one at a time. PAC along with the incredible clubs previously mention are trying to make our voices on issues heard in a bigger and better way.
The club also seeks to promote the ability for students to act on issues aside from just having our voices heard. Many of the students on Eastern's campus love going to rallies, so why not support PAC in our mission to talk about issues, and to act on them together?
Finally, the leaders of PAC are here to help you find your voice. You do not have to be a political science major to participate nor do you have to be a specific religion. All are welcomed in this club even those who may not know where they stand politically yet. PAC:
Hopes to positively impact; the productive nature and level of discussions on controversial issues facing our community and society, the lives of every single human being including those most commonly disenfranchised and forgot about, the amount of transparency in all political institutions --so as to hold these institutions to higher ethical standards... (part of the mission statement of PAC).
So please help PAC fight for the issues you care most about by showing up this Thursday (January 26th) at Eastern University in the Baird Library at 7 p.m. This is where we will be picking our first topic to talk about, and begin a conversation on how to best approach creating positive, real change on this issue. Remember that change starts with us (The People). If we do not stand up for ourselves then who will?
