Results of Lobby Day

The Lobby Day on Wednesday was awesome! I got a chance to meet the president of the University of Illinois. My other two friends, who are trying to fight to get adapted sports and accessible fitness equipment on our campus- and I, met with the President briefly prior to the group heading to the Capital, and we told him about what we are trying to do. He was really impressed, and he later acknowledged me again during his speech in front of all of the other colleges/universities throughout the state of Illinois later that same morning. I felt like I had done something/in the process of doing a wonderful thing that might benefit the UIS campus some day- as he put me on the spotlight that morning infront of all those people. I wasn't embarrassed; I was excited that I'm actually doing something good for the UIS community.
Luckily, it didn't rain on our event, so that was good. I'm actually glad I attended, because I really wanted to represent the disability community well at UIS in our attempt to get what we want out of our UIS experiences. I'm very hopeful that I acheived my goal- and if not, I won't give up until my goal has been successfully reached.