In 2006, I was the featured speaker at City Impact’s annual Hopes & Dreams fundraising banquet. I spent over twenty minutes casting vision for the creation of a strengths-based after school program called the Impact Learning Center which we were hoping to unveil in early 2007. During my speech, I communicated a dream I had that City Impact students would be so engaged in their communities through the avenue of their strengths that they would one day both join me and even replace me at the podium. I didn’t want to just talk about the students in our programs; I wanted our students to speak for themselves.
This dream became a reality on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007, when five City Impact students were the featured speakers for this year’s Hopes & Dreams banquet titled “A Place at The Table.” Over 400 people packed into the Cornhusker Hotel banquet hall to attend this wonderful event and they responded with a standing ovation at the conclusion of the student led presentation.
These students spoke about their experience this summer in City Impact’s Teen Job Club program developing a beautification painting project at Hartley Elementary School. The names of these students are—
Alejandro – 7th Grade
Takeela – 9th Grade
KaDijah – 8th Grade
Addison – 7th Grade
VaDoll – 8th Grade
As City Impact moves into the future, we remain committed to developing youth leadership in all of our activities in order to truly fulfill our calling of providing a place a table.
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