Today, I attended a workshop called “Coloring in your future.” The workshop speaker was Alfonso Qunizo, a former city councilmen candidate who is openly gay. Alfonso spoke about his past experiences in politics and his job experiences. He had worked for politics during three major political sandals and events. He interned for Bill Clinton at the White House and was present during the sex sandal of this presidential administration. He was a community organizer for the Al Core presidential campaign in Florida, a crucial state in the final outcome. And he was in downtown Manhattan handing out flyers for a mayoral candidate on September 11, 2001. Currently Qunizo works as a spokesman for Con Edison electrical company. The fact that he had accomplished so much being openly gay was astounding and inspirational because it shows that there are no barriers to your personal success unless you allow them to be put up. Quinzo went on to speak about how he came out and how to best succeed at what you truly desire. Like he said, you cannot take crap from others. If they say no, you prove them wrong and become even better.
This workshop was nice and enjoyable. I went with other fellow students from our freshman seminar section and we all seemed to have enjoyed it and took something from it. No matter what prejudices people have against you, let it be race, religion or sexual orientation, you can accomplish whatever it is you want and truly make in influence on others.