“You never know what is going to be around any corner, Oberlin is never boring”
“Academics in Langston and the whole Oberlin community are really wonderful and special”
“The Old South End Fire Company was located on South Main Street”
“Anyone, regardless of skill or profession, can leverage what they are good at to help the community”
“Oberlin as a town and as a college is progressive, forward-thinking, pushing the envelope”
“I want to make a difference. I want to join groups that want to change the world like I do”
“Tappan Square, you sense the history of this place as you’re walking through there. I think the trees in this town are amazing”
“I’ve learned that resilience is imperfect and collaborative. It’s about patching holes when your boat is sinking, and then helping friends and neighbors do the same”
“Each act of individual resilience contributes to overall community resilience”
“I have really always appreciated the Ben Franklin as an alternative to going out of town to malls”
“Oberlin is a really creative community”
“My family will benefit from Oberlin’s Climate Action Plan by creating a better world for my grandchildren”
“It is thrilling to see my college students learn from middle school students...how profound they are, how nuanced they are, how brave they are”
“My climate action plan is using the least amount of synthetic fertilizer possible on the lawn”
“Big Parade day always brought out the clown inside of me – I got to support my students at Prospect Elementary while unicycling as a lumberjack!”
“I participated in the climate strike because I believe in youth activism in the environmental movement”
“It is easy to go to the downtown of Oberlin. Tappan Square is really nice”
“Climate justice is a vehicle to save the planet that people are on”
“Because we all live in the same community, helping others is in fact helping yourselves”
“My volunteer experiences showed me where I find my personal fulfillment, and for that I am forever grateful”