| 2ND ACTIVISM SPEECH FOR AC SPRING 2004 the ac, has to be many things, which I am qualified for, but I think that this speech, this time around needs to be different. This one needs to be what I've done here. This one needs to be about how I've grown You can read my qualifications on the speech I sent out over listproc. Activism is truly a call for the betterment of humanity, and to better humanity, one must feel a certain degree of human emotion, and personally I have gone through a whole spectrum of emotions since I've arrived on your doorstep last spring semester. I learned what it meant to lose, to grieve, to range anywhere from full blown anger at a person, to coming to terms with an organization, to building new friendships and learning what it is to open myself up behind my mask and share who I really am with people. I think I am definatly qualified because I finally understand humanity and the basic needs it entails. In my time here I learned friendship values, especially when I lost people that were my friends because I was stupid. Watching them now, hurts, because I know what kind of people they are. Thery are wonderful people and I learned from my folly. I learned romantic values when I crushed on this boy, who to me is still the most wonderful boy I've met on campus. he is my greatest advocate, he is my greatest ally. he is a best friend, and I know I can tell him anything. I learned how to feel compassion for him. I learned to lust after him., and right now I'm trying to learn to let go of him., even though he tells me to follow my heart, it always seems to go back to him, and to vision. I learned how to feel happy when I was dancing with my friends at the welcome back dance, and I learned how to be sad when everything fell apart., and I knew self loathing when I knew it was my fault. I learned to lust at uptown, and I learned pride when I had people supporting me like Maria, Frieda, and Nicky. When I think of all the things I've learned in vision and at BG, the AC sticks to me as the most poingent part of the heart of this organization becayse it advocated for these sort of relationships to continue. It is important that we have these relationshiops to help ourselves grow. I want to grow with this chair, the org, and all of you. In learning so much, I have the basic things it takes to fulfill this position, which is still vacent, I have the time for this position. I have the will to do this position, butr this time, this time, I have the humanity to do this position. And when the org grows, hopefully, I will be able to maintain my friendships, and not let them fall apaprt, to understand my longing for people, and that I have control over my own heart, and to spread my life, what I know, and what I find with all of you. When we grow, change occurs. Hopefully, good change will occur, as new leaders take their positions, and as vision strives forward to become the org everyone knows it can be. Joe |
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