Bob Black introduced our guest speaker, Sandy Oxford, from the John Howard Society on Oct. 25, 2010. Sandy Oxford is a member of the John Howard Society, and she is coordinating a Sussex Regional High School Forum called “Inspire Change.”
The idea behind this is to get students together that may have never spoken or had the opportunity, surrounding or desire to interact. The focus is on eliminating “cliques” in the schools and getting students involved in this initiative by forming a youth action committee to point out and discuss areas that the students feel are a priority. Topics will be teen pregnancy, bullying, addiction, cliques, etcetera...
The students are selected based on their leadership qualities, the grade they are in and perhaps most importantly, their diversity. They want to have as many different types of students as possible to help with the idea of getting the students to be open-minded and work together to see things through the eyes of their fellow students.
They are currently looking for sponsors or donations for food for the students that form the committees. There will be 100 plus students that form several groups of 12 students each.