It both touches and pains my heart to see that a 13-year-old girl understands the importance of human dignity and compassion, but some adults don’t have a concept of the meaning of advancing the human experience.
In Friday’s Alligator, an article was published about the Cinema Verde Environmental Film and Arts Festival and a young girl’s film about a family experiencing homelessness.
As said in the Alligator, “She said she wanted to focus her film on human experiences, particularly those of children, because she feels they are often overlooked.
“‘Some people think “save the trees” or “save the whales,” but they don’t really think, “save the people,’ she said. ‘We end up with millions of kids that are homeless, and I think that needs to change.’”
Our city, our county, our country and our global community need more people like this girl, Tara-Nicole Azarian. Students have so many opportunities to make a difference, whether it be doing hands-on work with the Center for Leadership and Service, learning about the international commitment of the Responsibility to Protect or attending a panel that featured Don Kraus, CEO of Citizens for Global Solutions in Washington, D.C., who made a visit to UF earlier this month to speak to students about what has — and needs to be — done to truly create global solutions to global problems.
If a 13-year-old girl can see the value in “save the people,” why can’t we? We have the education and the resources to do it — let’s answer the call and do what we can for the world.
Roberta Roberts
Public Relations senior
President and co-founder of Human.I.T.Y.
