Dear reader
I am very excited to tell you that I have an amazing opportunity to participate in Sojourn to the past! A unique education program, honored at the white house by first lady Michelle Obama herself with the nation's highest honor given to an after school program in the arts and humanities.
However, in order for me to participate I need your help. I would not ask if it was not important to me.
The sojourn program students travel to the southern United states where we retrace steps of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The journey is not a vacation, it is a powerful academic 8 day 7 night experience where we will be traveling to the sites of historical occurrences.
The leaders are true American heroes and I expect to learn from them and from the lessons of the civil rights movement many important qualities that will improve my life now and in the future. Some of these qualities are acceptance, nonviolence , courage , compassion , forgiveness and civic responsibility. I believe this journey will help me become a better student and advance myself as a member of society.
I want to know about the things that they don't teach us in school and know why it is not in the school curriculum. I would like to know the truth.
My family is not very politically aware. I do not plan to vote but I want to know about what is going on. I know it is important but I was just never taught. I'm hoping this trip will help me understand and become more involved. I say that my opinion doesn't matter in such a thing like voting. My best friend Caitlyn said “imagine how many other people like you out there are saying that and not voting your vote counts.”
The tuition for this educational journey is 4,300 this covers airfare, the moving classroom buses, meals lodging entrance museums books and curriculum as well as registered nurses and security. The problem is that I cannot afford to pay the tuition myself. This is why I am asking for your help. Your donation helps students like me go on this trip. No donation is too small and because sojourn to the past is a nonprofit organization your donation is tax deductible you can learn more about sojourn by visiting the website: www.sojournproject.org
