My participation in the Associated Student Body Class, my involvement in my community service organization and my ex-president role in the Architecture club has enabled me to create my interpretation and understanding of diversity. Through my various leadership engagements, I have interacted with peers from different backgrounds and obtained the opportunity to learn new traditions and cultures as well as share my culture to people. I have become aware that a diverse environment is important for the entrance of distinct ideas and skills. I define diversity as the composite gathering of multiple unique and different backgrounds that expands a person accustom view and motivates the person to learn unfamiliar differences. My participation in these
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Every morning, as I waited at the bus stop for the line 206 bus on Century and Normandie Boulevard, I would witness trash abound. As a conscious resident of my community, I wanted to enhance my community's image and help ease some of the struggles that belittled my neighborhood. My neglected community is identified as an infamous, dangerous place, for it houses the unbearable stench of marijuana and infestation of gang activity. The frequent violence is conveyed by the presence of police sirens, and the thump of the helicopter that strike fear and paranoia into my neighborhood. I felt the responsibility to assist and resolve some of the daunting burdens that drag down my community so I initiated my organization by contacting my friends to see if they were willing to work with me; many of them were highly interested. Despite the positive feedbacks I received, I encountered a person who told me that nobody would be interested to join our seemingly hopeless group; I became determined to refute this …show more content…
This enriching program will beneficially assist and encourage me to come out from my timid and insecure boundaries in order to obtain the confidence to become a future leader at UC Irvine. I truly believe the preparation and guidance that I will receive through this summer program will give me a strong foundation to master the essential and rudimentary communication and leadership skills to become involved in social issues. The workshops and the conversations on social topics will serve to broaden my perspective on these topics and to welcome all ideas. Additionally, the Summer Multicultural Leadership Institute will give me the possibility to form fellowships and expand my networking system; in addition, I will meet ambitious UCI incoming and current students that can elaborate their involvement with leadership activities. The program can potentially be helpful to my academics because it will introduce me to pivotal UCI faculty and staff that can assist me to succeed at UC Irvine. The bonds I will make in the Summer Multicultural Leadership Institute will always accompany me and serve as a key to expand my connections and opportunities. Overall, this program will be instrumental in acquiring new skills, understanding social challenges that need change and inspiring me to become a leader that strives for positive improvements. This program will
Every morning, as I waited at the bus stop for the line 206 bus on Century and Normandie Boulevard, I would witness trash abound. As a conscious resident of my community, I wanted to enhance my community's image and help ease some of the struggles that belittled my neighborhood. My neglected community is identified as an infamous, dangerous place, for it houses the unbearable stench of marijuana and infestation of gang activity. The frequent violence is conveyed by the presence of police sirens, and the thump of the helicopter that strike fear and paranoia into my neighborhood. I felt the responsibility to assist and resolve some of the daunting burdens that drag down my community so I initiated my organization by contacting my friends to see if they were willing to work with me; many of them were highly interested. Despite the positive feedbacks I received, I encountered a person who told me that nobody would be interested to join our seemingly hopeless group; I became determined to refute this …show more content…
This enriching program will beneficially assist and encourage me to come out from my timid and insecure boundaries in order to obtain the confidence to become a future leader at UC Irvine. I truly believe the preparation and guidance that I will receive through this summer program will give me a strong foundation to master the essential and rudimentary communication and leadership skills to become involved in social issues. The workshops and the conversations on social topics will serve to broaden my perspective on these topics and to welcome all ideas. Additionally, the Summer Multicultural Leadership Institute will give me the possibility to form fellowships and expand my networking system; in addition, I will meet ambitious UCI incoming and current students that can elaborate their involvement with leadership activities. The program can potentially be helpful to my academics because it will introduce me to pivotal UCI faculty and staff that can assist me to succeed at UC Irvine. The bonds I will make in the Summer Multicultural Leadership Institute will always accompany me and serve as a key to expand my connections and opportunities. Overall, this program will be instrumental in acquiring new skills, understanding social challenges that need change and inspiring me to become a leader that strives for positive improvements. This program will