Inspiration For Everyone

“Every one of us has to make a commitment to social justice. You have to have the courage to get out there and fight for it.” Dolores Huerta

Wow! I absolutely loved our trip to the museum. First, I feel like I learned about a lot of very influential people who I have never heard of and I learned about the numerous countries that Latinos/Latinas/Hispanics/Chicanos/Chicanas are from. I also loved it because I thought the exhibit was inspirational. I felt like they had such a broad variety of people represented that everyone could connect with a least one person and everyone could aspire to have successes like some of these people. I know personally seeing so many activists, educators,and public service workers I feel like I can make my dreams come true and that I can one day make a difference too.

That being said I do agree that it "romanticized" the American dream, but I also believe that if the American dream was never romanticized not one of these people would be where they are today. Thousands of immigrants and Americans work hard everyday because they believe that one day they too could live the American Dream. Although it is hard, almost (key being almost) for some to overcome their life obstacles, a few will overcome those odds and if no one let them hope or believe not even those few would make their dreams come true.

I also wanted to mention the 2nd exhibit which I really liked as well. I thought it was fantastic that they had students take the pictures. I also wanted to discuss the age/grade dilemma that was brought up. From my experience in research and study abroad in Africa, many students start school late or drop out and come back to school. Their is no age limits on school so 6th grade classrooms could have 12 yr olds to 20 yr olds.