Mission Matters

While Spring Break provides an opportunity for students to vacation or stay home for relaxation, 65 Duquesne students and staff will take this time to embark on Cross-Cultural Mission Experiences (CCME) that will impact six different areas in the country.

Sean Tierney, a Duquesne University graduate and instructor in the McAnulty College of Liberal Arts, delivered the following speech at the 2015 Founders Week Faces of Courage luncheon in the Africa Room on Feb. 5.

Immokalee is a quiet town in southwest Florida with a long history of unjust wages, unsafe working conditions and, in extreme instances, prosecuted cases of modern-day slavery for the migrant farmworkers who harvest 90 percent of the United States’ winter tomatoes.

Heritage Week provides a great opportunity to take the time to see how the Spiritans are involved on campus in ways that we may not even realize.