Overcoming Obstacles to Realize My Potential
2018 Absalom Jones Essay Contest Entry Form Overcoming Obstacles to Realize Potential
Name:____________________________Grade:___________Age:____ Parent/Guardian Name(s) :________________________________ School, Church or Sponsoring Organization:______________________ Home Address:_____________________________________________ Email:_____________________ Phone: (H)_________ (C)___________ Absalom Jones: Overcoming Obstacles to Realize Potential Absalom Jones overcame many obstacles during his lifetime to achieve success. Consider some of the stumbling blocks that could have prevented Absalom Jones from achieving his goals and how he overcame them to become an inspirational community leader and the first priest of African descent in the Episcopal Church. As you set your own goals, are there obstacles that can keep you from moving forward? Make a list of your goals and possible barriers that could keep you from achieving them. Then interview persons within the community who have achieved success in one of your, or their, areas of interest. What choices did they make to overcome their barriers? Compare and/or contrast solutions that Absalom Jones and your interviewee used to keep focused on accomplishing goals when circumstances were working against them. Describe how you would accomplish your own goal(s) despite roadblocks.
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Name:____________________________Grade:___________Age:____ Parent/Guardian Name(s) :________________________________ School, Church or Sponsoring Organization:______________________ Home Address:_____________________________________________ Email:_____________________ Phone: (H)_________ (C)___________ Absalom Jones: Overcoming Obstacles to Realize Potential Absalom Jones overcame many obstacles during his lifetime to achieve success. Consider some of the stumbling blocks that could have prevented Absalom Jones from achieving his goals and how he overcame them to become an inspirational community leader and the first priest of African descent in the Episcopal Church. As you set your own goals, are there obstacles that can keep you from moving forward? Make a list of your goals and possible barriers that could keep you from achieving them. Then interview persons within the community who have achieved success in one of your, or their, areas of interest. What choices did they make to overcome their barriers? Compare and/or contrast solutions that Absalom Jones and your interviewee used to keep focused on accomplishing goals when circumstances were working against them. Describe how you would accomplish your own goal(s) despite roadblocks.
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