Personally, I'm not much of an activist. I spend more time in a lab blowing things up than out in a public gathering, so this community happening thing is going to be pretty new to me.
This brings to me the question of what effectively count as Community Happening? If bible study is a rhetoric gathering, does going to buddhist temple on sundays to listen to sermons count (it's not necessarily an interactive experience, but the head monk talks about some interesting stuff)? What about a seminar about new technologies in Chemical Engineering? Do I have to speak up and debate in these events? Does this event have to pertain to specific interest groups (i.e. People Against Meat, UIC Anime Fan Club, Bible Studies) ?
I wish to clearify this issue early on so I don't have to 'force' myself to join .... let's say... People Against Meat.... when I'm going to go back home and grill myself a korean bbq for dinner. Is this a serious thing or is any voluntary gathering ok?
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great questions sam!
the idea here is that YES, you can go to any and all of the things you mentioned and that i think this experience will be more interesting and more meaningful to you if you stick with things you are interested in and feel passionately about - either for or against! your participation in the event is completely up to you. sometimes you may feel like being vocal but it's perfectly fine to sit, observe, take good notes, and simply listen. as long as you are present at a gathering of people where someone is talking about something, that should work. and, of course, you need to be able to think about that event in terms of rhetoric.
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