Lead.Her.Shift: Mentorship & Leadership Development
The Dream Academy strives to inspire girls through activities and sharing stories of achievement, lessons learned while providing a supportive sisterhood of peers and role models who help our enrollees and alumni persist and succeed.
Activities: Dream Squad
Dream Squad is as a virtual mentoring program for girls between the ages of 13 – 24. The virtual mentoring program allows youth and young adults to maintain positive relationships with one another, college students, entrepreneurs, and industry professionals. Through lectures, technology, virtual workshops and social service projects our squad members are exposed to inside knowledge that promotes innovation and activism.
Activities: Visioning & Dream Mapping
Visioning & Dream Mapping are developed skils used for life-long achievement. They are designed to unlock a person's potential and help them achieve their best results. It helps individuals become clearer about what they want to aim for in life, and aids in building a success system that then empowers them with a plan that will achieve their goals and objectives.
At The Dream Academy we believe in intentional growth. We ask the questions, "What do you want for your life, well-being, family & friends, neighborhood, city, enviornment"
The responses generate joy, perspective, reflection and accountability.
Listening to your inner voice, applying your faith, creating a visualization and setting goals is a way of building a purpose driven vision for your life and taking the time to shape that into concrete aspirations.
Do you have a current vision board? Have you set goals and/or an execution plan to achieve them?
Attend an in-Person workshop or host a session in your classroom with us to take your student's vision to the next level. We will help honestly evaluate gifts, talents, purpose, passion and resources and will partner with students to translate the vision into practical action steps.
Activities: Dream Incubator
The Dream Incubator is an award-winning youth leadership training program that selects and brings together bright and motivated youth from diverse backgrounds and communities, trains and empowers them to become future leaders, and teaches them how to work together to create positive change in their community and our society. Participants will attend daily workshops and participate in a variety of challenging activities and events, including public speaking, team debates, lively panel discussions, field trips, academic competition, Open Mic Talks, and collaborate with other dynamic youth leaders on special projects. The Dream Incubator is offered in the summer.
Knowledge & Skills Gained
Effective leadership, communication (oral & written), critical thinking, research, organization, public speaking, collaboration & team building, human relations, self awareness, and self esteem
Selection Process
Applicants are selected based on: application material, academic merit, leadership potential, character, and program needs.
Note:
Applications will be available online beginning in January 2025.
This fun, interactive day will give students a much deeper, more comprehensive understanding of mapping dreams to goals, resulting in execution. Participants will be guided to create their very own Dream Map, helping them to feel inspired, empowered and excited about the year ahead and their future lives.
