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g1ve late confections while a se lect group of students filled their pl ates. Mea n-
Li brary tabl es heave d under the weight of ca ndies, cooki es, and choco-

while, a majori ty of the students huddled in the corn er, wa iting for their
shot at a suga r ru sh. Th e lesso n? Poverty. Th e people? Amnesty. Th e over-
& eating crackers in the corn er, I was clever and sto le a ga ll on of milk, whi ch
arching goa l? Raising awareness .
"I was put in the poor group. However, I organized a revolt; instead of

I hid in the bookcase. At the sa me time, the w hole situation ta ught me a lot
about soc ial cl asses and poverty," so phomore Carl Stokes sa id.
Unlike the prev ious eve nts spo nso red by aMNesty, in cl uding Rock for ::-
take awareness as well as ass isting the ea rthquake-stri cken Haiti.
Haiti and Rock for Darfur, the group spent the yea r focusin g on spread ing

"We rea ll y wanted to do so mething to help Haiti. Last yea r we raised
money for education there, so the ea rthquake see med so much more per-
so nal," so ph omore Sam Krishnan sa id.
While aMNesty focused on ed ucating others, the main goa l of DE CA was
to ed ucate its members about marketing and training in the world of bus i-
ness.
"DE CA gave me the opportunity to go out of town to workshops, con-
ferences and hea r so me rea lly fa ntastic and in spirational spea kers about
mark eting," se ni or Rachael Gosch sa id.
Whether it was dining for the poor or lea rning about the rea l world, Am-
nesty and DECA members lea rn ed rea l worl d lesso ns within the confin es of
hi gh sc hool.
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