Title: Poster of Ahmat Adam Djouma’s involvement in the Achieving the Dream Convention 2019.

Client: Internal Project

Made with: Canva.com

Time in Development: 8 hours

Background: Student reflection through photos of who our students of today are in Community colleges. I was honored to be at the Achieving the Dream Conference, February 2019 held in Long Beach, California all week as the person to assist a student who was blind with accessibility and to guide him to where he needed to be, as well as a reader and a notetaker for him. Ahmat Adam Djouma is completely blind from MVCC.

Solution Developed: The storyboard below has photos which was to coordinate and create a visual story of how a student with blindness was involved and provided with inclusive involvement during his time in California. Ahmat was one of eight students chosen nationally for his leadership, diversity, and being a change agent. He presented to over 2,300 attendees for all to understand his story, as one of the students in colleges of today.

Results: The reflection of using Ahmat Adam Djouma’s photos, as a way to tell his story is only part of the full picture of this amazing person’s life. There is a link to a news article that provides more information about this student and his journey, “Education ‘opens doors’ for Sudanese refugee” https://www.uticaod.com/news/20190216/education-opens-doors-for-sudanese-refugee  I would highly recommend you also read his “I am from” poem also a part of this article. The additional news release from the Achieving the Dream program is included here:  https://www.achievingthedream.org/news/17608/eight-selected-to-participate-in-achieving-the-dream-s-community-college-student-leadership-program

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