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MLK Conference: "Be Idealistic"
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was a "day on" for students and teachers attending the first annual Global Citizenship Institute yesterday.
Participants reflected on Dr. King's legacy by examining the notion of service, particularly in light of the recent disaster in Haiti.
"Be idealistic," advised featured speaker Dr. Patrick Byrne. The facial plastic surgeon travels globally to perform free surgery on deformed children who do not have access to health care.
"It is wonderfully satisfying," said Byrne, a Johns Hopkins teaching physician and co-director of the Greater Baltimore Cleft Lip and Palate Team affliated with GBMC. "You radically change these kids in a about an hour and a half of surgery."
Byrne addressed the crisis in Haiti by describing the poverty in neighboring Nicaragua, where he travels to provide care.
Originally, Dr. Joia Mukherjee was scheduled to speak at the GCI along with Byrne. But she and others in the organization she serves, Partners in Health, were helping the Haitian people.
Math teacher Adam Mayer and alums Garrett Schabb '05, Hudson Berry '07, and Leon Schwartz '05 created the Global Citizenship Institute to inspire students to examine their responsibilities to others.
Byrne provided a great example. An indifferent student in high school, he realized while traveling after college that he'd had an easy life and was obligated to give back. He decided to apply to medical school with the intention of becoming a primary care physician in the inner city. "I was going to save the world," he recalled.
"You can do something special at any stage in your life," he said,"by taking what you enjoy and what you are good at and using that skill set to benefit others."
Cora D. '12, was inspired. "Seeing people who love what they do making a difference makes me want to do the same." she said.
Byrne stayed around for a candid discussion among teachers, alums, and students. Together they debated notions of service. Specifically, they sought ways to engage more students in helping others.
"How can we get more young people excited about giving back?" asked Schabb.
Volunteerism should have an emotional component. Everyone should give in their own way. Individual and group volunteer efforts should be highlighted at assemblies. Every person should give a little in their own way. The perception of the community service requirement needs work. Civic participation comes with being a member of a community.
No sweeping solutions emerged, but some small action steps did. For those interested, MLK Day at McDonogh will continue to be a "day on" instead of a "day off."
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was a "day on" for students and teachers attending the first annual Global Citizenship Institute yesterday.
Participants reflected on Dr. King's legacy by examining the notion of service, particularly in light of the recent disaster in Haiti.
"Be idealistic," advised featured speaker Dr. Patrick Byrne. The facial plastic surgeon travels globally to perform free surgery on deformed children who do not have access to health care.
"It is wonderfully satisfying," said Byrne, a Johns Hopkins teaching physician and co-director of the Greater Baltimore Cleft Lip and Palate Team affliated with GBMC. "You radically change these kids in a about an hour and a half of surgery."
Byrne addressed the crisis in Haiti by describing the poverty in neighboring Nicaragua, where he travels to provide care.
Originally, Dr. Joia Mukherjee was scheduled to speak at the GCI along with Byrne. But she and others in the organization she serves, Partners in Health, were helping the Haitian people.
Math teacher Adam Mayer and alums Garrett Schabb '05, Hudson Berry '07, and Leon Schwartz '05 created the Global Citizenship Institute to inspire students to examine their responsibilities to others.
Byrne provided a great example. An indifferent student in high school, he realized while traveling after college that he'd had an easy life and was obligated to give back. He decided to apply to medical school with the intention of becoming a primary care physician in the inner city. "I was going to save the world," he recalled.
"You can do something special at any stage in your life," he said,"by taking what you enjoy and what you are good at and using that skill set to benefit others." Cora D. '12, was inspired. "Seeing people who love what they do making a difference makes me want to do the same." she said.
Byrne stayed around for a candid discussion among teachers, alums, and students. Together they debated notions of service. Specifically, they sought ways to engage more students in helping others.
"How can we get more young people excited about giving back?" asked Schabb.
Volunteerism should have an emotional component. Everyone should give in their own way. Individual and group volunteer efforts should be highlighted at assemblies. Every person should give a little in their own way. The perception of the community service requirement needs work. Civic participation comes with being a member of a community.
No sweeping solutions emerged, but some small action steps did. For those interested, MLK Day at McDonogh will continue to be a "day on" instead of a "day off."