Chapel Talk, 2002 October / Tad Roach

Headmaster Tad Roach discusses empathy and citizenship as manifested in the form of Community Service. "Service is not an expression of selfishness on the part of the volunteer. It is not an expression of condescension, superiority and elitism. Rather, it is a recognition that systems and elements of our society deliberately create situations that lead to suffering, despair and hopelessness. A great community service program ultimately becomes a service learning program, a curriculum that inspires students to take action: to serve, to advocate, to become active citizens in a democracy."