Dreams2Reality, a program
for metro Detroit high school
students
sponsored
by
PILOT, concluded their year-
long program Monday with
Dream Day, a day-long event
in the University of Michigan
School of Education.
PILOT
is
a
student-
led
organization
with
a
goal to develop leadership
skills
and
encourage
campus
engagement
within
underrepresented
communities.
LSA
sophomore
Una
Jakupovic is a member of
PILOT and co-led D2R this
year.
Jakupovic
explained
the premise of the program.
“PILOT is an organization
founded with the mission
to serve underrepresented
communities and aid those
students in their transition
to college,” Jakupovic said.
“PILOT’s
programs
focus
on leadership development
for
students
in
these
communities,
and
PILOT
does this through various
projects,
which
includes
Dreams2Reality.”
D2R,
a
sub-committee
of PILOT, consists of four
workshops
in
Detroit
throughout
the
year
that
discuss social justice-related
topics
with
high
school
freshmen and sophomores.
Approximately
25
high
school students participated
in Dream Day this year.
Throughout
the
day,
the
students went on a tour
of the campus, conversed
with University staff and
faculty
and
talked
to
a
panel of University students
regarding their experiences
on campus.
Jakupovic said the main
goal of the program is to aid
the students as they apply to
college.
“We hope that this program
inspires these students to
pursue higher education and
to know that despite being
from underrepresented and
marginalized communities,
they do have a support
system and resources at
this University and other
colleges as well to support
them in their transition to
college,” Jakupovic said.
D2R Project Coordinator
Giovanna
Bautista,
LSA
sophomore, said she became
involved with PILOT after
seeing
the
community
it created. She said the
program
cultivates
an
environment for leadership
development in which she
feels comfortable.
“We hope to promote
their
post-secondary
education,
first
of
all,”
Bautista
said.
“Though
we know that college isn’t
for
everybody,
and
we
don’t necessarily say, ‘Oh,
go to college,’ it’s more
broadening their options.
For them to know that
there is a community here
for them especially — a
lot of them seek a lot of
support that they wouldn’t
find otherwise in their high
school. They literally would
have
never
worked
with
anyone who is passionate
about the things they are.
Building a community for
them that will help them
broaden
their
options,
whether it’s college or not.”
Zeinab Alghanem is a high
school sophomore at Fordson
High School in Dearborn.
Through her participation
in D2R and Dream Day,
Alghanem said she now is
considering
applying
to
the University of Michigan
and is interested in either
philosophy,
psychology
or
journalism.
She
said
she
plans to go to law school and
continue to work in social
justice.
“The
most
important
(takeaway)
was
to
be
vulnerable and that there’s
empowerment and strength
in
being
vulnerable,”
Alghanem said. “… This was
a really great opportunity for
us to network and have the
opportunity of questioning
ourselves
and
striving
to
know that we can do better.”
The event also discussed
the
Big
House
Program,
an
additional
program
sponsored by PILOT, aims
to help high school seniors
apply to college. Jakupovic
said
her
participation
in
the
Big
House
Program
confirmed her decision to
join PILOT upon arriving to
the University.
“The Big House Program
focuses on aiding students
from
underrepresented
communities
in
the
application
process
and
the transition to college,”
Jakupovic
said.
“…
Upon
going to the University, I
wanted to give back to those
same communities and help
other students as I received
that same help from PILOT
during my senior year.”
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