College Students

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Survivors Guilt

A keynote presentation by Motivational speaker Muhibb Dyer that addresses one of the greatest reasons behind the phenomenon of African American Higher education students dropping out of College. Similar to the guilt that soldiers experience who survive a war and leave many of their comrades dead on the battlefield..The African American College student leaves behind many family and friends metaphorically on the battlefield of life, struggling with the realities of poverty and violence, while they are hundreds of miles removed, attempting to better themselves, but not without a feeling of betrayal. Muhibb Dyer takes the College student on a journey using the spoken word, inspirational anecdotes and personal experiences to convince the listeners, that not only is College the place where they need to be, but it is one of the keys to the upward mobility of their friends and family back home. Dyer emphatically impresses on them that they have the amazing opportunity of becoming a symbol of hope for the communities that they come from, which is the greatest form of help that anyone can give. If their is a message that can inspire a student on the verge of dropping out to refocus and develop the fortitude to press through and make something out of their lives, this is it.