SpeechNovember 12, 2020CUNY Queensborough SGA
Running for President Pro Tempore
The speech I gave during the November 12, 2020 election for President Pro Tempore of the CUNY Queensborough Student Government Association. The room had largely lined up behind other candidates, most of them friends of the voters. I won by a vote or two. What follows is the original text, preserved as written.
Afternoon everyone!
I would like to start off by recognizing that today we'll be hearing speeches from a number of people, all of whom are of great character and have great personalities. Let me also remind all of us who are running for this office that there are no losers here - we are all winners.
Recently, I've been given the opportunity and honor of meeting and talking to some of you and, I hope that we will all have the opportunity of meeting one another in person some day prior to graduating.
Regardless, I am not going to be giving a long political speech because I am here to present my true self and not a facade and let you judge me for who I am and how I am.
That is why I like to say that elections are kinda similar to going on a date if you really think about it. We only show the best side of ourselves and, we oftentimes pretend to be better than we really are. I mean lets be honest, most of us don't go to a job interview admitting that you messed up with something at your prior work place.
But the thing is, it is important for us to be able to recognize our flaws because, that is how we improve, that is how we promote and successfully work together.
Throughout all of my educational, and employment opportunities I have demonstrated a desire to learn more about how I can contribute to our society. I have expanded my cultural knowledge, worked with the city or more specifically I was an Advisory Council member with Administration for Children's Services.
Working there, we were supposed to find ways to improve a pretty broken system that is supposed to take care of for instance college students who are in foster care.
However, how are we supposed to know how to help others if we don't communicate with them?
That is why me and a friend took the initiative to advocate on behalf of the foster youth community at these meetings in order to see to it that their concerns were being heard.
As a selfless person, I have demonstrated over and over that I am not here for my personal gain but rather to assist you.