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Pedroso Center Reflection

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The Pedroso Center, enhanced my prospective and knowledge of the LGBTQA social justice. On my second day at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) I was invited to the Pedroso Center for the first time to engage in a discussion with other being an incoming freshman regarding how I feel about coming to Northeastern. At this time I was able to hear from staff and students about the experience that they’ve been through while being a part of the NEIU community. While at the Pedroso Center I got the chance to learn more about what the Pedroso Center is at NEIU for. The Pedroso Center provides space to create a diverse community amongst NEIU students. NEIU has students from many different ethical backgrounds including Africans, African-Americans, Asians, and Latinos. The Pedroso center also helps the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Asexual/Aromantic, Allies and Advocates (LGBTQA) …show more content…

Vicki Byard sponsored by the Pedroso Center. This event gave me an even more insight on how the LGBTQA community truly feels. I will say the film did not cover everything that the LGBTQA community face, but it did do a good job of showing some of the biggest hurdles the community has encountered. I was able to connect more thanks to the short film and panel discussion. I feel that the time for social justice is now. As a community, we cannot stand for the discrimination of any human no matter what they gender identity is. I am glad that the Pedroso center gave me the ability to be more educated and have more information on how I can help. I was able to think about my identity and better understand myself as a human and how I control my identity. The Pedroso Center helped me learn that a person’s identity is something that should be picked by that that person, No matter what, we should support the decision of every human to identify as they

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