Today I attended my first Student of Color Conference, it's an annual gathering for students from all the UCs and some from CCs and high school, and it's about activism and working together on the issues that affect our community. I was lucky because it was held on my campus this year, and I had a really great time. I definitely felt like a newbie being in a space like this because I wasn't involved at all during my first two years and I was studying abroad all of last year, so coming back for my senior year and starting my Ethnic Studies minor, being involved with student orgs and attending events like the conference, in this sense, I feel like a first year because this is all new to me.
Everytime I go to something that discusses social and race issues, I'm so enlightened and I'm just absorbing all the information. I wish I had gotten involved earlier, but I'm trying hard to catch up right now. I'm new to all of this activist work and I'm still constantly learning, as everyone should be.
It was so interesting to see all the other UCs represented, the system is a community in itself and we're all dealing with how we can promote and energize the minority groups on our campuses, as well as educational issues such as pushing for studies about people of color and combating the tuition increases. And I think the most beautiful thing about it all is that everyone is working toward the same goals.
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