The Discrimination

Explain what you have done to make your community a better place to live. Give examples of specific projects in which you have been involved over time.

In many countries today, community development will involve changing the relationship between the ordinary people and those in power, so that in the end everyone is able to take part in issues that will directly affect his/her lives. Community development often starts from the principle that inside any community there will be amassed wealth of knowledge and/or experience which, when and if properly used creatively, can be thus channeled into shared actions that will help to achieve any communities' desired goals. The projects I have been involved in include; cleaning of public utilities like parks, caring for the homeless in the streets through donating food and clothing to them among other endeavors.

Describe your experiences facing or witnessing discrimination. Tell us how you responded and what you learned from these experiences and how they have prepared you to contribute to the UNLV community.

As a child my parents had this great love for traveling. I remember we once travelled to Kenya, a moderately populated area in Africa. Our arrival at the airport was uneventful but what shocked me most was the treatment we later got from the locals. The public transport in Nairobi (the capital city) greatly relies on omnibuses popularly known as matatu. Out of utter curiosity I decided to commute in one of the omnibuses with blaring music. The fare agreed upon on entry was not I aid for once aboard, I felt so discriminated but had nothing that I could have done. I was overcharged just because of my skin color.

The lesson I learnt from this experience is that human beings are diverse in nature and the best way to treat them is to view them as individuals with very varied personalities. Some people are just out to make others fell as lesser humans but my view is that those who act this way must have had a nasty experience as children and/or as adults and thus they take it out on others. I will major in hotel management meaning that I will be exposed to very varying personalities in my lie of work and the best way to deal with it is to try and understand human nature.  

Articulate the goals you have established for yourself and your efforts to accomplish these. Give at least one specific example that demonstrates your work ethic/diligence...

Setting and then achieving goals has been discussed for long by many experts and/or authors, over decades. To accomplish your goals, they should be specific, measurable, achievable and realistic in nature. Time limit is also necessary so as to have a set period to have your goals achieved. My main goal will be that of motivating others through leadership. The main and major function of our leaders is for them to motivate others and/or groups. Leaders can also focus on motivating themselves when their focus is on self-leadership. There are some approaches to motivating people that end up being destructive: fear and/or intimidation will not bring positive motivation but it will enhance negative motivation.

It is important to note that different people have very different motivators. For example, some people are motivated by more money, others by mere recognition, time off from work, promotions, and opportunities for learning and relationships. Therefore, when attempting to motivate people, it's important to identify what motivates them. Ultimately, though, long-term motivation comes from people motivating themselves. A specific example that demonstrates my work ethic/diligence is that I have so far been able to set up community development programs in my neighborhood, the development program caters for destitute children and the homeless.