Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers our actions run as causes and return to us as results. During the program, high school students stay at the UC Irvine campus where they participate in a variety of workshops and presentations by UCI faculty and area professionals dealing with every social issue imaginable. From literacy to hunger, politics to the environment, media to prejudice, participants learn to think critically about the diverse and interrelated issues our modern society faces. The students themselves are selected for the diverse perspectives they can each bring to the dialogues, including ethnic heritage, cultural and socio-economic background. Lives are transformed.
Students discuss serious issues with each other, sometimes for the first time.
Problems are faced with creativity and hope. Action is inspired. No student goes home quite the same. Because of the KSR's unique, quality program, Aurora Now strives to provide at least one scholarship annually. If you'd like to help, send your contribution to Aurora Now in any amount, and scholarships will be sponsored depending on the support received that year.