I love "Wicked" for so many reasons! First and foremost, the story offers a fresh and captivating perspective on the "Wizard of Oz." "Wicked" dives into the other side of the original "Wizard of Oz" We get to see Elphaba's (The Wicked Witch of the West) origin story and find out where she got her name "The Wicked Witch of the West." We also get to dive into the complexities of Elphaba and Glinda, exploring their friendship and personal growth. I appreciate how it challenges the traditional notions of good and evil, making me rethink what it means to be a hero or a villain. This movie shows that good intentions can be viewed in a negative notion and how perspective plays an important role. The music is another huge draw for me. Songs like "Defying Gravity" and "For Good" are not only incredibly catchy but also emotionally powerful. They perfectly capture the characters’ journeys and resonate with my own experiences. Visually, the film is stunning! The vibrant colors and imaginative set designs create an enchanting world that pulls me in every time. The usage of the colors pink and green in this movie is fantastic! I also am a huge fan of Cynthia Erivo and being able to see her take on this famous and iconic role is so powerful not only for me but also for the thousands of little girls that have looked up to this movie. I find it so powerful that Elphaba is green because that removes the stereotypes about whether or not Elphaba is black or white (she's green!). Ultimately, "Wicked" is about friendship, acceptance, and self-discovery—themes that I find relatable and inspiring. It’s a story that stays with me long after the credits roll, reminding me of the importance of embracing who we truly are and that everyone has a little bit of wickedness within their kindness!

Failure or adversity, is when something does not go right or the way you expect it to. This is the act of failing. This word is very powerful, but it is also very subjective. While most people when they think of failure have a negative connotation, I on the other hand think of it as an opportunity. Whenever I fail at something I think not of the failed part, but of what I can learn from failing. I am an athlete, and in the world of sports you are going to face many failures, but what you do with those failures is what's going to set you apart from the rest. This past year I tried out for a club volleyball team, I normally make the national team but last year I was moved down to the regional team. When this happened, I thought that my volleyball career was over, I thought that no college would ever want to recruit a regional player. For the longest time, I let that failure affect my playing ability, my attitude toward my team, and my emotions, but I soon realized that I couldn’t let this negatively affect me. I needed to use this setback as an opportunity to push myself to get better so that the next year I had a better chance of making the national team. After this realization, I started going to practice early and staying late. I talked to my coaches and asked them what I could do to improve. I went to the gym during my free time to improve my technique and stamina. For the remainder of my season, I made it a priority to become a better teammate and person. In the end, all of the hard work paid off because, during club season tryouts last month, I was invited to join the national volleyball team for one of the best volleyball clubs in the state! Because of this experience, I have started to look at the word failure in a different light. Failure is not the act of failing at something, but instead, it is an opportunity to grow and improve. Failure is a lesson on how you react to an unfortunate situation. With this mindset, I also use this to help friends and people I meet deal with failure or adversity. I would tell that person to not let one moment in their life affect their future and the outlook that they have on the world. I believe everything happens for a reason and if you face a hard time with something instead of looking at it in a negative way, try to find the positive within the negative.

In the future, I plan to pursue a career in Musical Theatre. Theatre for me is a necessity, a safe space, and a place where I know I not only thrive but flourish. In the past, choosing to pursue Musical theatre in college was something that I never thought I would do. It all began when I was in third grade and my first role was Zazu from The Lion King. We performed in a barn that had been renovated to become a gym, and was the former home of a summer camp. This was a small, no frills production where our costumes were colored T-shirts from Michaels, the curtains were sheets tied to a clothing line, and the cast consisted of 20 kids between 3rd and 6th grade; but it was at that moment that I knew that theatre was something that I wanted to pursue. From then on, any chance I got at performing, I took it! Whether it was playing a crab (with a questionable Jamaican accent), an emotional gothic teenager, or leading the school dance team at basketball games. I would take dance classes to improve my technique, music lessons to help improve my singing and if there was anything even slightly resembling a play, I was the first person to sign up for an audition. I love musical theatre with a passion, which is why I’ve chosen to pursue it in college. I want to go to college and learn even more about the theatre, I want to know everything there is to know about it. Which is why I am excited to possibly have the opportunity to study Musical Theatre at Baldwin Wallace because this major allows freedom to focus on specific aspects of the industry like script analysis or theatre history. I want to continue to become well versed indifferent acting techniques, learn how to protect my voice during a multi-show week, and discover how to direct and produce, how to work the soundboard, learn about the history of theatre, and everything else! Beyond all of that knowledge and experiential learning, I want to form connections with new friends so that we can help each other develop this craft we all care about so deeply and find our way together as part of the larger I theatre community. I feel confident as I embark upon a college career in this area and consider the prospect of entering the theatre industry afterwards because I will use everything that I learn along the way to help push me forward. I know that I have a support system behind me and enough drive and passion for the theatre that I am going to become a great performer, student, and worker in the business!

In the future, I plan to use this education to make a difference in the world. I don’t plan on doing this in a conventional sense either, I was to be a performer and producer. I say I want to be both a performer and a producer because I love performing and want to do that all of the time if I can. I love that performing gives me an escape from the world and its problems, but it also helps other people forget about their problems. When you go to see a show, you don't think about tomorrow or your problems all you are focused on is the show that you are watching and if your seats are good. I want to be the person that makes everyone feel special and different when I perform. I also want to be a producer because, at some point in my life, I want to be the person who is making the decisions and coming up with new and fresh ideas. I want to one day produce either a TV she, movie, play, or musical that has a message and will inspire other people. I want to use my platform to be a role model to young little girls and boys and inspire them to chase after their dreams no matter what anyone says or how hard or impossible it is. These statements are my plans for the future and I say all of this because I know that any help is going to help me in the future. I grew up in a middle-class family where I know how blessed I am but I also know that money does not grow on trees and you have to work for it. I know that college is going to be a big financial burden on my parents which is why I will apply to as many scholarships as I can in hopes of winning some to help lessen the burden on my parent's shoulders. I have a younger brother who is 4 years younger than me and will also be going to college right after I graduate, so I am applying to these scholarships and this on specifically to lessen their load. I want to use this scholarship to help pay for some of the tuition, room/board, textbooks, food, and other collegiate expenses that I know I will have to pay for in the future. To conclude this statement, I want to use this money to help set me up for the future' a future where I make a positive impact in the world and using the talents that I have to change and inspire the people around me.

If I had to make a crossover of two Disney shows, I would pick Liv and Maddy and Jessie. The episode would be called New York- A- Rooney. I think that it would be interesting to see the kids in both family meet and find out that they have similar personalities to each other. It would be an episode where Liv gets the opportunity to travel to New York to be in a music video and would take Maddy, Joey, and Parker with her. They would all fly to New York where they meet the Ross kids in the airport as they wait for their parents to come home from a film shoot, only to find out that their plane got canceled and they aren't coming. As the Ross kids hear the news, Liv and the Roonys are in a rush to make it to the hotel and video shoot on time, as they are rushing out of the airport, Liv and Emma bump into each other and drop their identical purses. As they scrambled to pick everything up, they accidentally swapped purses on the way out. The scene will cut over to the Rooneys finally making it to their hotel, only to find out that they can't check in because Liv--the person who got the rooms-- doesn't have her ID or credit card to pay for the room because she got the wrong bag. There will also be no other hotel rooms available because the video shoot caused a lot of tourists a paparazzi to come to New York. So now the Rooney's have to look through the bag to find any form of identification. When they look through the bag, they find Emma's high school ID which identifies her and a business card to the apartment building she lives in. The Rooneys then decide to travel to the apartment building where the Ross's live. The scene ends there and another one starts in the penthouse where the Ross family lives and we see Jessie walk in excited because she got cast as an extra in the new music video, as the Ross kids walk in upset. After all, their parents couldn't come home. As this scene continues, Emma goes to check for her phone in her purse, only to find that the purse isn't hers! This would be the major conflict in the story, where both girls realize that th bags that they have aren't theirs, and they both need the bags. Liv and her family would get to the apartment building and ask for Emma only to find out later on in the plot that there are two buildings and that they went to the wrong buiding. At this point it is late at night and with no where else for the Rooneys to go, they sleep on a bench in Central Park, only to be awoken and found by Jessie and Zuri. The two offer the Rooneys a place to stay at their penthouse and as they get to the building Liv notices the name. The group makes it to the top of the building where Liv recongnizes Emma and they switch back their bags while reminiscing about the crazy day that they have had. While sitting down for dinner the Ross kids realize their similarities to the Roonies and Jessie brings up the music video that her and Liv are both in. The episode will end off with Jessie and Liv at the recording cite, where we see a take of the video and then the final draft of the music video.

When most people think of new kids, they think of a transfer student that comes in during sophomore, junior, or senior year. Most people don't consider a freshman transfer student as new because everyone should be new their freshman year, but that is only if you go to a high school with no middle or elementary attached to it. Growing up, I went to the same school from first grade up until eighth grade, so I never was a "new student" but when I moved to my current high school which was a pre-k- 12th grade school I became that new kid. Everyone in my class already knew each other because they went to school with each other for their whole lives, and to make matters worse, my freshman year was the Covid year. School was virtual for everyone for the first two months, and even when the hybrid option became available for my school I couldn't even go in because my brother was at high risk for getting COVID-19. I didn't start going into school in person until November of that year, and by that time, I missed out on joining clubs as the club fair had passed and everyone in my grade had already become close friends. For a while, I struggled with fitting in and talking to people because I didn't know where I fit in, I couldn't rely on clubs or extracurricular activities in school to help me make friends because I wasn't in any. At some points, I truly felt hopeless because I didn't know what to do, and it wasn't until the week before winter break when I was assigned to work on a group project with four other girls that I was able to make friends. This project required me and these four girls to meet on Zoom once a week during the break to work on it, and because of this project, I was able to connect with people at my school. When I returned back from break I hung out with one of the girls in my group and she introduced me to her friends; from then on I became friends with her friends and was able to open up to more people. Because of these new friends I made, the next year I joined the school musical which helped rekindle my love for theatre and as a result showed me that performing is what I want to do in the future. Being the "new kid" also taught me that I have to put effort into getting to know new people and that it's okay to take a risk and fail. I have talked to many more people in my school, both in my grade and in other grades, and realized that I may not like everyone and everyone may not like me, but I do know that I have my group of people to support me. As a result, I think that being a new kid was a good experience for me, if I continued at my old school, I would have never taken any risks or tried to branch out of my comfort zone. Without this experience, I probably would have become the person that I am today!

The world of musical theatre has always been a place of magic and wonder for me. The stage, with its captivating stories, mesmerizing melodies, and intricate choreography, has been my sanctuary since childhood. My passion for musical theatre has grown stronger with each passing year, and now, as I stand on the threshold of adulthood, I am determined to turn this passion into a lifelong career. A college scholarship would be the key to unlocking the doors of opportunity and making my dream of majoring in musical theatre a reality. But this career is not a cheap one and it comes with many costs; college education, performance-based classes, audition expenses, clothes for each audition, and with all of these costs adding up, there is now a huge burden put on my shoulders. However having a college scholarship would help alleviate these financial burdens, allowing me to focus on honing my skills and developing as a performer. A scholarship would not only ease the financial strain but also grant me access to a top-notch education in musical theatre. Quality education is paramount in an industry as competitive and demanding as this one. A well-rounded curriculum that includes acting, voice training, dance, and production skills is essential for a successful career in musical theatre. Scholarships often provide opportunities for mentorship, guidance from experienced professionals, and exposure to the industry's best practices, all of which are invaluable for nurturing talent and fostering growth. Now, musical theatre is not just about talent; it's also about building relationships and connections within the industry. Scholarships often come with networking opportunities that can open doors to internships, workshops, and auditions with renowned theatre companies and professionals. These connections are invaluable for gaining experience and securing roles in future productions. Additionally, exposure to industry insiders can provide valuable insights into the evolving trends and demands of the musical theatre world. Also, a college scholarship wouldn't just benefit me personally; it would also contribute to the vitality of the arts and cultural enrichment in our society. Musical theatre has the power to inspire, entertain, and provoke thought, and by pursuing this field, I hope to make a meaningful contribution to the world of performing arts. In conclusion, a college scholarship would be the bridge that connects my dreams to reality, allowing me to pursue a major in musical theatre with unwavering dedication and passion. It would ease financial burdens, provide access to quality education, offer the freedom to explore and facilitate invaluable industry connections. Moreover, it would enable me to make a significant contribution to the world of performing arts. With a scholarship in hand, I am ready to embark on this exhilarating journey, armed with the determination to make a mark in the world of musical theatre.

I want to use my talents as a performer to tell a story that will positively impact other people.

If I could recommend any book in the world to someone, I think I would recommend the Harry Potter books, specifically "The Sorcerer Stone" by J.K. Rowling. I recommend this book because I feel as though everyone needs a little imagination in their lives. When I first read this book, I was in third grade and originally hated the series and knew I had no interest in reading it, but slowly as I read it in class, I became more engrossed in the story. Soon after I had finished the first book and was on to reading the second book and soon I had finished the entire series. These books brought something out in me that at the time I didn't know I needed or was there. From adding these books I felt transported into a fake world full of imaginations and spells and this book slowly started to help unlock this imaginative and creative personality that I did not know I had. After reading this book I starter performing in musicals and plays... and now I am trying to pursue performing as a job! But this would have never happened if I never read "The Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling. To conclude, I think that everyone needs to read this book because it brings out a person's emotions and gives them the power to dream and imagine anything. This book gives its readers the power to think that anything is possible and when they dream of something it could come true. "The Sorcerer's Stone" is a phenomenon in the book world, it pushes norms and messes with your brain in a way that forces even the most strict adults who believe they lost their imagination to believe in make-believe.

In the future, I want to perform and produce shows on Broadway and TV. I plan on accomplishing this by going to college and getting the best education I could get. For me to do this, I have made sure that I constantly hold myself to a higher level than others. These past three years in high school, I have made sure to maintain my GPA, take as many honors and Excel learned courses, and play a continuous role in my school and the local community. I plan on using everything that I have done and learned in high school, to help me in college. In college, I want to pursue a musical theatre major, with a business minor so I can understand both sides of not only the acting industry and the world. I plan on using my musical theatre education when I first graduate college to audition for as many roles as possible, while also managing a job at a local business firm. With these aspirations, I will be able to accomplish my goal of not only performing and making other people happy but also continuing to learn about the business world and eventually work my way up. I plan on using my education to not only get a degree but to also help prepare me for the world outside of school. I believe that going to school and getting an education not only makes you smarter but also teaches you about problems that you will face in the real world. In school everyone is going to experience a type of failure one way or another; whether it's failing a test, or dealing with social issues everyone is going to experience some form of failure and trouble. School is there to help prepare you for that failure, I know that going into college is going to be very challenging to continue to balance grades, jobs, social life, and other aspects but I am not worried about this because I know that I am going to give everything I have to succeed. I know that in the future when I go to college I want to continue to have straight A's and maintain a high GPA and I know that this is going to be achieved from countless sacrifices, long hours of studying, and a lot of work, but I am not worried. I know that I can achieve great things after going to college which is why I want to continue to study and learn. I want to use college and my next steps in education to not only get more knowledgeable but to also grow as a person and grow my character. I want to come out of school feeling and knowing that I am going to make a positive change in the world and the lives of others.

What had volleyball taught me..."What a loaded question!" I started volleyball in 8th grade, and for most kids that is a very late time to start. I ride out for a local club team and got almost no playing time that year. All of the other girls on my team had been playing since they were babies and here I was, about to go into high school and just starting. I had two options at this point-one give up and never play again, forgetting all about this past year, or two keep trying and work my but off to get better. I chose the second one... So time skip to freshman year, this is right after covid and I somehow made it onto starting jv. I was ecstatic! I had a goal in mind, and that was to make varsity next year an even possible ray out for another club, and with that goal, I worked my butt off. I was watching any type of game I could, touching a ball, and making sure that I was practicing almost every day and keeping my cardio up. By the end of the school season, I had been pushed up as a swing player and was not only able to go to the varsity-only state matches but I was sitting on the bench instead of in the bleachers as I watched the varsity girls play. I then tried out again for the club and made it on a national team and in my mind it only went up from there. As the years progressed, I was ready for anything. I got moved up to starting varsity, was playing on a team that I loved, and kept my grades up, that was until junior year hit. I was still starting varsity on the school team, but during the next club tryouts, I got put down to the regional team. At first, I was ready to give up, I thought that I would never go anywhere, but I knew that deep down I should have been on that team, so I let those thoughts feel my determination. I was waking up early every day and going to the gym to practice. I wanted to become a more well-rounded player, so during practice, I would jump at any chance I got to try out a new position. I would come in early and stay late, just to try to improve my skills. It is now a week before I have club tryouts for my upcoming senior year, and I will say that I am a bit nervous. But if there is one thing that being on a volleyball team and playing the sport has taught me, is that you need to have determination. You have to want to play and you have to push for the best you can be. I think that no matter what happens this next year, I can confidently say that volleyball has taught me to never give up. No matter how discouraged or upset I am about a result, I have to just keep pushing and keep fighting. And I know that in college I can use this mentality whenever I find that a class, exam, or assignment is challenging. If I find that something is tough I know that if I keep pushing and fighting, whatever obstacle is in my way, I can overcome it.

Hello, my name is Jordyn Alyssa Sutton. I am a senior in high school at Rutgers Preparatory School in Somerset New Jersey. I have one younger brother named Tyler Sutton and many cousins. (I live in a big family) I also love to play volleyball, I am on the varsity volleyball team at my school, and I have been playing club/travel volleyball for the past three years. During school, I also am the co-captain on the school dance team, am in the madrigals (audition in) choir, and have been taking vocal, dance, and acting lessons since my freshman year. Recently my school put on the production of the Addams Family and I was fortunate enough to be cast as Wednesday. We were rehearsing for about 4 months and within those 4 months, I have come to realize that performing arts is what I want to do in the future! When I got cast as Wednesday Addams, I never in my wildest dreams that it would have such an impact on my life. From fourth grade, I knew that I loved performing, I was in multiple dance recitals and was always singing and auditioning for any musical I could find, but to me, I thought it was just a hobby. I would perform, and people would go up to me and tell me how good I did and I thought that was normal. But this past year, playing Wednesday Addams changed my idea of what truly being an actor is. After getting cast and walking around school, one thing I noticed was when I would go to the lower (elementary) school or the middle school wing, I would sometimes get noticed because it was Wednesday. Me, at first I did not think anything of it, but I realized soon after that some little kids and children looked up to me. I was an example and somewhat of a role model that they looked up to which put a lot of weight on my shoulders because I wanted to make sure that I was a good figure for them. I wanted my role to be something that they would remember positively. Then when the show weekend came and I would finish the performance many of my cast mates' families would bring their younger daughters who would be dressed up just like me. This was the true moment where I felt something so powerful I can barely describe it. I had little children that looked up to me and I made them feel something. I had realized that from then on I would spend this summer and the next years of my life working to help people feel something. It could be positive or negative but I knew that my job was to pull a hidden emotion out of people that would hopefully help change their lives and also be a role model to young children. I want the children that look up to me to not be afraid to change their dreams but to also take chances and risks. That is why when I graduate high school I want to go to college and get my BFA in musical theatre to train constantly to improve myself and to hopefully one day be a figure and guiding light in someone else's world.

Growing up, I have been blessed with having a large family but one thing that I remembered from early on was spending every summer down south with my great-grandparents. My great-grandfather was a marine veteran and for as long as I could remember, the town mayor where he lived. My great-grandmother was a trustee at the local church and one of the sweetest women I have known. Spending almost two weeks away from my parents at the age of 6 was very hard for me, but the thing that helped me get through those weeks was spending time with my great-grandfather. He was one of my rocks, I looked up to him for almost everything and anytime I went to see him I would try to spend as much time with him. Most days we would just sit and talk, but I always enjoyed feeding the birds in his backyard, sitting in his office eating candy and messing with his flags and badges, and sometimes we would sneak out and get ice cream and candy from the store. These days were some of the best in my life, my great-grandfather taught me that you have to be patient and wait for the birds t come to you to feed them, or that hard work always pays off. Losing my great grandfather, just one year before covid hit in 2019, was one of the hardest days of my life, I felt like I lost a part of me. Whenever I went to his house to visit my great-grandma, I always expected him to be the first person to open the door and greet me with a big hug, and then we would go outside to feed the birds. But that was something that I would never be able to experience or get back, and for the first few weeks, it was very hard for me to cope, I did not want to go to his house or even look at birds and bird feeders. Every time I saw something like this, it upset me to the point that I would immediately break down in tears, but I had to grow, I had to move on. I was not the only reason in my family grieving over his death, and I knew that I had to be strong, not only for them but for myself as well. I needed to use the same drive and passion that I had used with him in other things that I wanted to achieve. I used the lessons that I learned from my Great-grandfather to push through every day, to always fight to get something that I wanted but also knew I could achieve. In a way for me, losing my Great-grandfather was a learning lesson that I grew from. I think that everything happens for a reason, and even though I lost someone special to me, I learned that you have to take the lessons that you learn and use them to help them grow. Even though someone has passed away it does not mean that they are forgotten. It means that you have to use their loss and the pin experienced from it to help you grow and achieve any goal that you make in life.

In my city, I think a major change that I would like to hopefully see in the future, is a cleaner environment. We as humans are not the only living beings in the world, and pollution has made such a negative impact on wild animals that live in our country. When looking at my neighborhood, every time there is an opportunity for me to help clean the environment. Pollution in our country in the past 5 years has increased greatly, and while there are measures that are being put in place to help decrease certain types of pollution like air. That is not the only type of pollution that is affecting the world, and I think that is what most people and big companies are forgetting. Tesla, Ford, Acura and other big car companies are coming out with either hybrid or fully electric cars to help decrease air pollution and pollution in the ozone layer, but what are these major companies doing to help decrease the pollution in nature? The forest, grass, and trees are essential parts of our ecosystem that help humans survive, but, not one day goes by when I am in a car and pass by a forest that is filled with plastic bags and bottles, boxes, paper, and other debris that has been either thrown out of a car window or fallen out of a moving vehicle. People don't understand how harmful throwing their trash out of a window can be to the animals, a young bear cub could find a piece of a plastic bag thinking it was food and eat it, resulting in the bag getting stuck in its throat and it suffocating. Throwing out food or produce that is biodegradable and can easily be broken down into nutrients for the Earth on the other hand is not as bad as throwing plastic out of the window, but it still is not right. Overall I think that pollution and the habits that most people have of just throwing their trash out of the window and into the forest or nature is a problem that I constantly see in my community. If I could find some way to change it or find a way to speak to the people and convince them to not pollute, I think that would be how I locally and globally make a difference in the world.

Generational wealth means being able to grow up with money, and knowing that you have money at the tip of your fingers. Generational wealth is when people in your family have been known as wealthy for many generations. I seek to acquire the idea of generational wealth for my future family. I plan to go to school first for theatre and tv production as my major, with a minor in business administration, and to also have many smaller focus classes within my degree. The long term goal for me is to become one of the most well known tv and broadway producers in the world, and I know I have the capability to achieve that. I know that if I put in the hard work that is needed I can become one of the top producers and acquire enough wealth based on my work, to be able to have kids, and know my kids can have kids, that will still live wealthy because of my hard work, and knowing that if they are raised correctly, they can keep and grow the wealth that I acquired, and turn that wealth into generational wealth for my future descendants.

A song that I listen to almost every day is “Scars to your Beautiful” by Alessia Cara. The song has a message that no matter what everyone is beautiful on the inside an out. It has a message that people shouldn’t worry about what anyone says, in regards to their body, as long as they feel beautiful. I listen to this song every day when I wake up in the morning, because to me this song helps uplift me and how I feel about my body. I used to dance ballet, and being a ballet dance you go through the stereotypes that you need to be as skinny as possible to look good. After I quit dance in eight grade, I began to feel better about my body until I went into high school. Being a female teenager in 2022, means that there are even more stereotypes about you and your body. I started to hear that now I was to skinny and needed to be thicker and shorter in order to fit into the social norms of a female teenager to look pretty. This song has helped me find out that I don’t need to look a certain way to please someone else. I now go to the gym and work out, but not for anyone else, but because I want to get stronger as a person. I am not afraid to wear tight clothing in public, for fear that I will get made fun of for my body anymore. Music is something that I use to help me escape from the harsh reality that I live in and Alessia Cara and her music have helped me in ways that no one else could ever do.

For 11 years my life has been dedicated to the art of dance and musical theatre. I started at a young age and after trying gymnastics and basketball and cheerleading, I stuck with dance and I have loved it since. Dance introduced me to musical theatre and through dance, I found my love of performing and it has helped me open up to people. In the future I hope to pursue a degree in musical theatre and to continue to take dance classes and learn, right now I participate in my schools Pom squad and are taking class for ballet, jazz, modern, contemporary, and hip-hop. And I hope to continue on this path throughout college.

My utopian vision for mental health in the black community is so all people of color do not have to worry or fear when leaving their household, that they are going to be assaulted, arrested, or abused in anyway. But this is my opinion when looking at the mental health of an African-American community or even a community of color it is very clear that most people have already thought of themselves as less than great and this is not the mindset that we need to have. When looking at mental health, people need to start uplifting each other and we all need to remember that everyone is human. The color of a person’s skin does not define them and we shouldn’t be defined or segregated and thought of any differently than a human being who has feelings when people start to understand that everyone is a person and everyone has a conscience and a heart that is when the world will start looking better and when that happens in my utopian world everyone’s mental health will be a lot better because there is no segregation there is no racism and there is social justice for people of minorities and everyone is treated equally.