March 2016 - Blog Post 2

On March 27, the Indian Association of the Triad hosted a Holi celebration that was attended by over three hundred people. As a youth representative of this organization, I helped in distributing information, supplies (color and water guns), and entertainment. The weather was pretty dreary because it had rained a considerable amount the night before and the day of but it was awesome seeing how many people still bothered to show up and this is extremely cheesy but it really did not rain on our parade (ha ha)! I loved seeing how many people from our community, and not necessarily the Indian community, came to celebrate and join in! Even the staff members at the place we were at were joining in. I love celebrating my culture and being able to share it with my friends and family! I truly feel like a leader within the Indian community because I get to help with organizing the event and making sure it runs smoothly and I learn so much more about culture through events like this. It is events like these that make me feel more connected to where I am from.

March 2016 - Blog Post 1

On March 23, I had my last meeting session with the Youth Leadership of Greensboro. The theme for the day was Economy and Environment. First, we visited Syngenta. We specifically got to see the packaging room where we observed the different tests performed on packages to ensure their safety and durability. Next, we visited the Proximity. We took a tour of the entire hotel and learned about how energy sufficient the hotel was and it was probably my favorite part of the day. I had no idea this hotel was so invested in saving energy; every aspect of the hotel was dedicated to conserving energy and this tour intrigued me so much. The last place we visited was the Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship. We toured the building and I find it so interesting and neat that the business is dedicated to advising and assisting smaller and local businesses. The environmental part of the day was interesting to me and I very much enjoyed learning about different applications of environmentally dedicated business. Something that does not typically interest me is the economy, but the Nussbaum Center really caught my attention because I really like how this organization is the root of many small businesses that have since grown into something much bigger and more successful than it was when it first came to Nussbaum. I really enjoyed the day and reflecting back on the activities, I definitely think it contributed to my leadership skills because I got to look at different aspects of my community and learn more about how I can help in the future and what is going on presently.