Statement Of Purpose: I Have A Dream Foundation

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My group and I chose the I Have A Dream Foundation. The reason that we chose them is because Rachael has a personal connection and they are a local foundation. Before we started this project I had never heard of I Have a Dream Foundation. I had no idea who they were, what they were about, and how local they actually were. Their mission statement states, “We empower students from low-income communities to thrive in school, college and career.” I Have a Dream foundation’s main focus is to break barriers of impoverished students family issues, so that the student can focus on school and excel. Challenges that come with poverty that I Have a Dream targets are: family involvement in the justice system, foster care, food insecurity, and homelessness.

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