the impact
I just wanted you to know…that at some point during the
performance ... I had an epiphany: I have never been so proud
and satisfied to be a part of UW-L in my eighteen years here as
I was that night, seeing young adults in our community express
important cultural perspectives with such passion, intelligence,
and creativity. They are doing vitally important cultural
work…My deepest gratitude and congratulations to all of you.
Sharon Jesse | Professor | English
The performance was outstanding. I truly enjoyed it. [My
daughter] attended as well and we had a great discussion driving
home. I can see how this type of performance can have a positive
impact on campus climate and understanding between all of us.
The students' performances and values were conveyed throughout
the audience tonight. They are to be congratulated for their
efforts.
Al Thompson | Assistant to the Chancellor for Affirmative Action
and Diversity
I learned and gained a great deal from my ATP experience
such as how to work with a very diverse group and how to
effectively talk about controversial and tough subjects. I will
always use what I learned in ATP to be more sensitive, realize
what privileges I have, and to help get the conversation started
on social justice issues when need be.
It's amazing and it made my experience at UWL much more
rewarding then I thought it could be and I sure will miss it and
all the friends I made because of it.
Kara Leffelman | ATP Performer | 2008 Season
Thank you for all your hard work, creative thinking, long
hours, and willingness to be a voice for social justice on this
campus. … Your message is powerful and you give me great hope
for the future.
Marcia Johnson-Sage | Student Services
Coordinator | Office of Student Life
Please share with your crew how impressed I was with the
performance last night. You all did a wonderful job…thank you
for your efforts to truly make a difference! ... I watched the
performance last night as the Director of the ME-PD program, as
a mother, and as an 8th grade English teacher. You have a
message that needs to be shared. Thanks and congrats on a great
job!!!!
Teri Staloch | Interim Director | ME-PD Program
I think that the message of ATP is absolutely necessary for
the world and I cannot think of a better way to deliver it.
Name withheld | ATP Performer | 2007-2009 Seasons
The most important thing I gained from my experience with
ATP was the skill to listen. I have always thought of listening
from a communicative perspective, but I realized that is not the
most effective way to learn. My experience with ATP taught me to
listen to other people's stories and how to learn and grow from
them. I learned that being open about developing my own mind is
also one of the teaching tools.
Mara Gericke | ATP Performer | 2007-2008
Seasons
I want to take this opportunity to let you know how much I
enjoyed the performance tonight. The skits were entertaining
AND informative. The students appeared to be having a wonderful
time. I hope that you can take this show on the road!
Barbara Stewart | Director | Office of
Multicultural Student Services
John Horman | Guidance Counselor | Onalaska High School
Thanks so much for the incredible program yesterday. Our 6th
annual "Diversity Circles in Action" conference was a huge
success. I was so moved by the student's performances. The La
Crosse students are an amazing group. I am sharing info about
your group with the national Ophelia Project office. Our 3rd
annual national conference is in Chicago (October 2008). I would
love to see your group invited to perform. Thank you, again. The
event was a great success.
Let me start by saying a million times thank you for making
the sacrifice of time, money, and heart in order to share an
incredible gift with us over in Minnesota. You went above and
beyond to be here and then met each demand/constraint with such
grace and optimism. Your content is empowering, but your
commitment to living what you teach is what I find most
inspiring. I am particularly encouraged and personally
challenged by the demonstration I experienced of people willing
to lay down their social positions of power, despite the
emotional pain and torment that they may experience because of
it, in order to align with those who do not share that power.
Your presentation has held me accountable to what I believe and
challenged me to live those beliefs.Thank you for generously
sharing your world, for exposing your vulnerabilities, for
welcoming us into your troupe, for challenging us to BE about
change, for comforting us in our differences, and for affirming
the value of diversity. You are truly inspirational and I
encourage you ... to continue to break down barriers, stand
against the status quo, and most importantly care for yourselves
and each other in the process.
I have been reminded, through conversations with various
performers, that by design, the nature of performance studies'
growth, awareness and understanding doesn't necessarily end when
the audience goes home. Ideally, the feeling of "wonderfully
uncomfortable" should follow us... and perhaps even haunt us for
a few days/weeks/months/etc. I know I will NEVER forget the
stories I heard from you all. Thank you for sharing of
yourself... and for listening to others!
Beth Hartung | Coordinator | Campus Climate
Just a quick note to you, your staff and the students for
the fantastic performance...! Thank you to all of you and your
efforts in bringing awareness to our campus, an awareness I hope
spreads beyond boundaries. I am so proud of the students and
their ability to educate all of us.
Angie Lee | Admissions Counselor | Admissions
I wanted to make sure to pass on my appreciation for
the program. It was AMAZING! I really think it got people to
think and talk about important topics and that is priceless. I
just wanted to say thank you to all of the people who put so
much work and time into this. Outstanding people and programs
like this make me proud to be a UWL student.
Samantha J. Martin | UW-L Student &
Resident Assistant
I just wanted to let you know that I thought [the
performance] was AMAZING tonight and I can't wait to see it
again on Tuesday!
Lindsay
Mather | UW-L Student & Resident Assistant
I am just writing…to congratulate the group that put
on Awareness through Performance. … I attended the event and
was surprised, in a good way of course. I just want to say that
everyone involved did an excellent job and [I] am looking
forward to other events in the future.Thanks!
Michael J. Moore | UW-L Student
I just wanted to compliment you, all the other
ATP advisors, and the entire troop on a great performance. I was
actually brought to tears from two of the skits and everything
really had a good impact on me. On top of that, I went with a
first timer, and he said that he had goose bumps for at least
95% of the show, which he says never happens to him, ever. I'm
really excited to see the encore performance and what the future
holds for ATP! Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication
to making a difference!!
James Bushman | UW-L Student
I wanted to … let you know how incredible the performance
was ... . I was so impressed at how much was covered, and how
well the program flowed. I think this program is one of the
best I’ve seen during Welcome Week. A couple of the CAB students
came to one of the shows too, and they also couldn’t say enough
good things about it. Please pass along this feedback to all
the students who performed or worked behind the scenes.
Congratulations on a job well done!
Jaralee Richter | Campus Activities Board
(CAB) Advisor | University Centers