A community can be a bit difficult to have, but if you find friends, family, and classmates who understand your opinions and feelings, you will have everything you want, need, and need. In a commencement address at Middlebury College, Julia Alvarez claims that “community is vital" to what you want to pursue in life. A community can be vital because there can be more than one voice heard, and inspiration can be positive. An example of this would be BLM and the famous basketball player Shaquille O'Neal. I can concur that Julia Alvarez's claim is valid based on my evidence and personal opinion. BLM can be defined as black-lived matter. In Juila Alvarez's commencement address, she states that "you can belong in a community where you can be what …show more content…
This gave African Americans the idea that there is still racism and a threat. Trayvon Martin's family started a community and then started giving leaders in the city pressure to step up and fix injustice. Marches, rallies, protests, and school walkouts were held across the nation because more than one voice was heard and a community came together to fight for their Trayvon and African Americans' rights. I can say that I can …show more content…
Inspiration can be used to enhance your abilities, such as being creative. In Juila Alvarez's commencement address, she states, "To be what we long to be, we have to belong." This is true for all. When you have aspirations that you want to achieve, that's hard because sometimes you are going to have people who don't support you or tell you things you don't want to listen to, but when you have someone who has the same mindset as you, that's "belonging." You've found your place with people who support and care about you. When people achieve their dreams, you can get inspiration from what they do or say. They are like an example of who you would want to be and how you would be better. A great example of this would be Shaquille O'Neal. He is a famous basketball athlete born and raised in New Jersey and didn't have the best childhood. At the time of his inspiration, he was a medium-level delinquent and wanted to become an NBA player. He started paying more attention to Jon Koncak after he signed a contract in 1989, and after he saw how much money he made, he wanted to be an NBA player. Another example would be his father. As a child, Shaquille O'Neal hung out at a place called Madison Square