{"id":21016,"date":"2017-07-07T19:23:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T19:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=21016"},"modified":"2017-07-07T19:23:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T19:23:05","slug":"squad-goals-making-fellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/squad-goals-making-fellow\/","title":{"rendered":"Squad Goals (The Making of a Fellow)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21154\" src=\"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/maxresdefault-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/maxresdefault-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/maxresdefault-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/maxresdefault-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Squad Goals (The Making of a Fellow)<\/strong> by Demond Childers<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mejs-time-rail\" style=\"width: 565px\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21016-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Challenge-Detroit.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Challenge-Detroit.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Challenge-Detroit.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span class=\"mejs-time-total mejs-time-slider\" style=\"width: 555px\"><span class=\"mejs-time-float\"><span class=\"mejs-time-float-current\"><br class=\"mejs-time-float-current\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><em>Goals, goals, goals, goals<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Goals I do adore!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Squad goals, career goals, city goals a go<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I turned hard goals into jello on the living room floor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I strived to be the best, I played through much pain<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I saw goals scored at DC FC games<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Goalies did their job,\u00a0 now I&#8217;m doing my thang<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I could&#8217;ve fell wayside but now I&#8217;m tryna&#8217; bring change<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What&#8217;s the road to glory, though?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Can I travel that?\u00a0 The path of my story, though, gotta unravel that<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Unfolded while holding on to that jail in my mind<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A prison of my own making, so I&#8217;m dreading my prime<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Can I afford to be like the rest or should I aim higher?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Trying to reach for the sky, but in the streets, they aiming higher<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Malcolm told us to choose&#8230; the ballot or the bullet,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But to me&#8230;\u00a0 the only choice, is the bullet or the pen<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You see, I chose to embrace writing cause it kept me from the pen<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But, some never made it, some shall remain nameless,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But their names will never ever again be in vain.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Instead, them names will forever ever be within.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Those names I hold close.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Only a few will ever know-\u00a0 the beauty of the concrete street adorned that bore roses.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As long as I breathe, their names will motivate me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And truth be told, I been so devoted lately,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Even up late, I have these debates in my mind<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>How can I take what I learned from Challenge and enhance these designs?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>How can I take a human-centered approach that enhances mankind?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A landmine of challenges once avoided, but now anew with purpose,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And visions I been toyin&#8217; with,\u00a0 so they bound to surface<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While surrounded by other leaders, some friendships I been growing with<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And every opportunity I use to get better&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>and get better&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>and get better&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And better and better than ever!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>They say change your self first if you want to change the world for the better<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;m glad that I&#8217;m a fellow, 42 birds that flocked together.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They say change your self first if you want to change the world for the better<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;m glad that I&#8217;m a fellow, Year Five Challenge Detroit forever.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(Demond Childers is a Year Five fellow with Challenge Detroit and his host company is Clark Hill, PLC. An avid writer and poet, follow him on IG and Twitter @coldwideworld)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Squad Goals (The Making of a Fellow) by Demond Childers &nbsp; Goals, goals, goals, goals Goals I do adore! 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