On Martin Luther King day this year, along with service projects, Freedom Fellows completed a short essay answering the question "What are your dreams for yourself and your community?" Second Year Fellow Mykia Clayton answered with the following essay.
My dream is to be a crime scene investigator and a lawyer. I hope that I can serve justice to our country. I want to also give back to my community of Sunflower, Mississippi. I know that a lot of people do not want to turn back to where they came from, but my grandma always said "never forget what you used to get where where you are now."
I also want to travel and have different experiences so I can tell my story to my people. I want to improve where I come from so the burden won't be on the next generation. I think Dr. King had a great dream and it was accomplished. However, my dream will be better. I will not only improve myself, but everything and everyone around me.
I want to state the fact that all people are capable of the impossible, so go and get it. I want children from the years to come to remember me for what I did, but not only that, but also for what I am, what I will become, and where I came from. These are my dreams, no wait! These are things that will happen! All I need is for the time to come.
--Mykia Clayton,
Second Year Fellow
Sunflower, MS
