Looking Back

peopleoftheweb,

Last week I had no time to volunteer; however, I found time during the fall break today to volunteer. Today they had a game night, so before the game night I helped prepare. This volunteering week, I have been volunteering for 5 weeks now, which is halfway through the ten weeks. Thus, with this blog, I want to do a lot of reflecting upon the first half of my service learning project. When I look back at when I first started, I remember I was kind of weary about volunteering at a center for the LGBT community, because I myself being heterosexual, I felt like I was not going to fit in. But that was not the case, AT ALL. I have learned over the past five weeks that no matter your sexual orientation, you are HUMAN. What their sexual orientation is really has no effect on how I am living my life. In fact, I feel like my life is more enriched now that I am aware of people different than me. Also, it has made me aware of many medical issues associated with the LGBT community such at STDs and depression. I never thought depression was one of them until I saw how bad the LGBT community is bullied for being different. That's exactly why this experience has no made me an advocate for this community and I encourage people to go out of their environment by volunteering in places that one would not normally think of volunteering at. I am excited for the next five weeks to come and to be a part of many more upcoming events within the LGBT community. Thank you for reading my blog! :D

Thanks,

Nadine Obeid