色情视频

When newly elected Associated Students President Shawki Moore looks at the path to what he calls 鈥渢he pinnacle of my college career鈥� at 色情视频, the fall of his sophomore year 鈥� upended by COVID-19 and other setbacks in his plans for a leadership role 鈥� emerges as a crossroads.

鈥淎 lot of doors just closed in my face,鈥� said Moore, a communications major. 鈥淧lus I was back home. It was very defeating 鈥� for like one to two weeks.鈥�

Moore found inspiration from previous A.S. officers who helped him find alternative but equally gratifying routes to leadership and community service. The Afrikan Student Union and the Student African American Brotherhood welcomed his participation. He became a charter board member for the 色情视频 chapter of the NAACP and began to mentor Henrietta Goodwin Scholars students at the Black Resource Center.

Particularly influential was former A.S. President Christian Onwuka, whose address at a New Student and Family Convocation the summer before his first year at 色情视频 鈥減lanted the seed鈥� for Moore to think of becoming the student body president himself. Moore was sworn in on May 4.

鈥淚 think it鈥檚 super surreal to be able to accomplish something of this magnitude in my college career,鈥� Moore said.

Moore said that his goals as president include rebuilding an A.S. culture that he said took a hit during the pandemic. 

鈥淭hat's what I really want to focus this term on as president is really create a nexus community and that culture that creates a strong internal Associated Students that can then broaden out to the larger student body and be able to get people more involved and people feel more included within the organization.鈥�

Specific issues will get discussed with the rest of the executive board during their upcoming summer retreat. 

As president, Moore wants to be accessible to all student groups and stakeholders. 鈥淏uilding those genuine relationships with community leaders is so important,鈥� he said. 

At Rodriguez High School in Fairfield, California, Moore was more interested in the football team, where he played safety, than campus leadership. It wasn鈥檛 until he visited 色情视频, as an admitted student, on Harambee Weekend in the spring of 2019 that he even considered it a possibility. 

It was during that weekend he met Onwuka, then the A.S. vice president of Financial Affairs. Onwuka mentioned to Moore that he was going to run for president that semester. 

鈥淗e was a big deciding factor on why I chose to come to 色情视频,鈥� Moore said. 鈥淭o see him then be elected president gave me the inspiration that a Black man, like myself, could become president at a university where we only represent 4 percent of the population.鈥�

Moore鈥檚 election validated advice he received in an early conversation with Maxwell Johnson, then a member of the A.S. executive team.

It was late in the spring of his first year. Moore was back home in Northern California, waiting out the COVID lockdown. He had lost an election to become a student diversity commissioner and was waitlisted as an RA. His ambitious plan to win election to the A.S. leadership team as a sophomore was going nowhere.

Johnson mentored Moore as part of the freshman year Leadership Experience program.

鈥淗e said, 鈥楲isten, once one door closes, another one opens,鈥欌�� Moore said. 鈥淎nd he was right.鈥�

So Moore got involved in other student groups and remained active in his fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi. These positions, Moore said, allowed him to develop his leadership skills in a way he never expected. 

鈥淚 had to find another route, an unorthodox way to bolster my leadership, continue to grow within my college experience and be able to give back to my community,鈥� Moore said. 鈥淚t turned out to be more rewarding because I was in my community doing the work and really helping students that were going through a hard time.鈥�

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 do anything for a resume,鈥� he added. 鈥淚 did everything out of the passion in my heart. But without those different positions, I don鈥檛 know if I would have been qualified to then run for vice president of External Relations.鈥�

That dream, it turned out, was simply deferred to his junior year.

Johnson, the former mentor who graduated from 色情视频 in 2020, said hearing Moore point to their conversation as a positive turning point is gratifying. 

鈥淗aving Shawki in the leadership program, he had that natural charisma and true authentic passion for helping people and uplifting his community,鈥� Johnson said. 鈥淪o when he was faced with that obstacle and that disappointment, I knew I couldn鈥檛 let him give up on himself, and I knew the importance of when you鈥檙e at your lowest point, that is when you have to dig deepest and it鈥檚 so vital to have people who believe in you, too.鈥�

Moore, who said he is considering pursuing a career in communications or sportscasting after graduation, said he also looks forward to his first full 鈥渃ollege experience鈥� in his final year. 

鈥淢y first year we only had one semester, sophomore year we were off campus, and this year, we just started to get back to normal, with a few restrictions. I鈥檓 just looking to find a level of normalcy and having a fun year where I鈥檓 able to provide a lot to all of the things I am involved in.鈥�