Self Actualization

This week’s lecture focused on self actualization, which entails understanding the fundamental ideas that surround oneself and obtaining a personal identity that gives you purpose. To be the best and brightest of Howard, I must take the initiative in productive functions that will help me grow as a student and person. I must pay attention and learn from my peers and mentors. Dr. Thornton suggests that we should take care of business and choose what we want to be to constitute ourselves. In order to be a citizen of the world, one must be aware of what is going on globally. We should fight against the current structure by creating universal rights that include all people. When we define our citizenship in the nation by being aware, we can move on to defining our global citizenship. First, we must take care of domestic affairs before we can move on to the world. The last part of Howard University’s mission states that Howard intends to “produce leaders for America and the global community.” Without a doubt, Andrew Young, a graduate from Howard University, became a leader of America and the global community. He helped instigate a piece of legislation that changed America for the better. Globally, Andrew Young attempted to smooth out and calm foreign relations by becoming the first African- American to serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. In the future, I hope to become a leader for America and the world, but for now I am only a leader in my community. In everything I participate in, I try to find ways to take leadership positions because I want to have a direct impact on the change that occurs.