First Wave Reflective Essay

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The last semester of my junior year was mind boggling. I had the amazing opportunity to see First Wave perform at the national Keystone Conference in Orlando, Florida. In awe and inspired, at how poetry, music, storytelling, and hip-hop combined to tackle issues such as conformity and peer pressure. Not only did I want to be a part of the program, I wanted to graduate from the school that they attended as well. To be incorporated in a group of people with strong, creative minds will expose me to how other people view the world and give me experiences that I would not have the opportunity to have anywhere else.
This summer I had an experience of a lifetime. Twenty students including myself were chosen, through an interview process, to participate in a three-week long program known as The Palefsky Collision Project. At …show more content…

I continue to build my visual art skills and excel in my academics. Activism has been my mission since middle school. I have stood for things such a black pride and taken a stand against things such as poverty, bullying, and police brutality. Though the walks, the marches, plays, and workshops that I have done influenced my community but I want to invoke change. Through First Wave, I want to find more creative ways to grab the attention of the vast majority and bring awareness to a social issue. As future leaders of tomorrow, we are responsible in finding a resolution to the reoccurring problems that society has.
First Wave is an opportunity that I would be honored to be a part of in this next chapter of my life. It is a place where greatness is inspired and able to express itself. I want to be around people who help me grow and teach me things that I would not have learned on my own. In First wave, I want to train to be the next Martin Luther King, Nina Simone or Malcolm X by defining and expanding my activism. I expect to become nothing less than a world changer while being in this

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