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Alternative spring break participants were greeted by a round of applause and words from Dr. Paula Whetsel-Ribeau, the coordinator of ASB and wife of Howard president Sidney A. Ribeau.
Student coordinator Gerald Ashby believes the trips were very effective, providing a unique experience for the participants. Overall, the coordinators were able to walk away with the knowledge that their goal was accomplished.
“I feel as though, from some of the stories that I heard, every person had a unique experience that was life-changing for them. We understand that people participate for selfish reasons, but along the way people become affected by service and the power of service because they are so vulnerable to the process,” Ashby said. “This makes Howard’s legacy a living legacy and not something that we are trying to obtain and grasp.”
Swept away by the storm is the story Monique Rochon, a junior advertising major, heard during her visit to the Lower Ninth Ward.
After seeing the place where the levies were compromised and rebuilt after Katrina and the patches in them that represented the leaks the new levies could not sustain when Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav hit the city, Rochon decided to visit the families residing in the area.
