A powerful, in-school field trip experience

Students don't just visit a campus, they live a full day of discovery, pride, and possibility.

• Pop-Up Museum - Appalachian changemakers who reshaped history

• College & Career Fair - Real access to Tennessee colleges and vocations

• Drug Resiliency Module - Practical tools for leadership, purpose, and resistance

• Live Concert - Music that reflects their world and lifts their vision

Tennessee students, grades 5-12

1. Rural, urban, underserved, and first-generation learners.

2. We work with public and private schools, career and technical centers, and youth-serving nonprofits.

3. Students with academic, vocational, or entrepreneurial paths all belong here.

Belief is built through exposure.

1. Most students have never set foot on a college campus.

2. Many battle poverty, abuse, trauma, or silence.

3. They leave this field trip believing in something bigger: themselves.

Held on Tennessee college campuses and cultural centers

2025 Host Counties: Knox, Claiborne, Jefferson, Cumberland, Roane

Each field trip takes place on a Tennessee community college, university, technical school, or cultural venue.

Annually. Fall semester. During the school day

1. Field trips typically happen on Monday and Tuesday in September and October.

2. Scheduling is coordinated directly with school districts and principals.

3. 2025: 9:00 — 1:30 pm

Free for schools. Fully supported.

Funded by the State of Tennessee, private donors, and foundations.

• Cost per student: $400.00 (covered by funders)

• Includes four modules, meals, materials, and logistics

• Full impact reporting provided to schools and funders