Things worth fighting for...

1. Happiness!
2. Fixing broken systems (judicial, educational, legal...)
3. Equal education and improved distribution of funds for state-supported colleges and universities (thank you to Drs. A.Darder, J.Mandell, G.Elissondo, J.Orbe and P.Marshall for planting the seed...now what can I do with it?)
4. Renewing a sense of "family" from which many urban communities have strayed
5. Integration and acceptance (overcoming our fears so that we can live as equals)
6. The survival of humankind (sure, the environment needs help, technology is important and commercialism has taken over our American lives...but what about PEOPLE? Have we lost our compassion?)
7. The list goes on....

Urban Studies 101, insights into "real life" in the Middle East, eye-opening intercultural experiences, diversity lectures and honest professors - these are the things that keep me aware and passionate. There are so many things that I want to fight for, but how can I choose just one or two? I know that I cannot spread myself so thin as to join every activist group existing. Is there a way I can integrate these like-minded passions into one focused path? What do I want to fight for? If only there were multiples of me, I would be picketing, protesting, interviewing and fighting for justice on all levels. Oy, to have a humanitarian heart can, in itself, be heartbreaking sometimes...one just cannot do enough. For now, I will see where these passions take me and remain focused on that B.A. that is one short year away from being in my possession! Collecting bachelor's degrees and realizing that I will be a forever student is starting to really entertain me :P