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About My Dream, My Journey / Mi Sueno, Mi Camino: May 24-25, 2022

My Dream, My Journey (MDMJ) Conference / Mi Sueño, Mi Camino Migrant-Inclusive Youth Conference seeks to re-center wellness via a culturally responsive epistemology. With this event, Migrant Education staff from across western Washington will create a space for migrant youth to look within as well as outwards and ask important questions about identity and relationships within our community and society.

Who should attend?

  • Migrant Students in Grades 6-12 & Migrant Out-of-School Youth
  • This is a two-day, virtual conference opportunity for migrant-identified youth from school districts across western Washington State
  • If you reside within a school district that participates in the Migrant Education Program (MEP), please coordinate with your district’s Migrant Education staff to enroll student participants
  • If you are an MEP district and are interested in learning who your migrant students are please contact Enrique Lopez
  • If you do not have a Migrant Education Program in your school district, please reach out to any member of the NWESD Migrant Services team.

THE HEART OF THE CONFERENCE
a poem co-written with western Washington Migrant Youth

I am struggles and I am successes
I am my parents, my family, my friends and my community
I worry about immigration status but I am not an immigration status
…some don’t accept my culture

I am inspired when I see my identity and culture
…when I listen to young speakers and presenters
…when I listen to people who share my culture
…when I feel welcome, that I belong
…when I have FUN.

I am my food, my music, my knowledge, my power
I am encouragement
I am my achievements and ideas 

I need a place where I feel respected, where I feel welcome
I need a safe environment where I can be myself
I need a place where I am not judged
…a place where I can find joy with those teachers and staff that always have an open door
…place where I can look forward to finishing school, going to college

I hope I learn new things and am able to teach others or be able to share the knowledge I learn
I hope for inspiration, I hope for motivation and happiness
…because motivation runs low sometimes
To feel uplifted and motivated to graduate
I overcome stereotypes

I seek new knowledge and to share the knowledge I learn
I commit to keep my mind open, to uplift others and listen
I commit to give the respect that I need from everyone
I am my dreams, and see a brighter future

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