>> >>CLAIRE TRAGESER: IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN
TO QUALCOMM, YOU MIGHT HAVE VISITED CAFE JUMA
FOR ICE CREAM OR COFFEE.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN STUDENTS BEHIND THE
COUNT RR DOING MORE THAN JUST COUNTING CHANGE.
THEY ARE PART OF A SPECIAL PROGRAM CALLED
JUMA WHICH HELPS THEM BECOME FIRST GENERATION
COLLEGE STUDENTS.
BRITTANY RUSSELL AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN
DIEGO SITE.
>> >>: THE GOAL IS TO ALLOW THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
TO GO TO COLLEGE AND GET THAT EXPERIENCE.
WE'RE NOT WITH THEM UNTIL THEY GRADUATE HIGH
SCHOOL, WE'RE WITH THEM UNTIL THEY GRADUATE
COLLEGE.
>> >>CLAIRE TRAGESER: THE STUDENTS MAY BE
FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THEY ARE NOT FINISHED
WITH JUMA.
THIS WAS A TIME FOR CELEBRATION.
THE COLLEGE BOUND STUDENTS GATHERED TO EAT
BARBECUE AND STEAK.
AT THE CEREMONY� 500DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP.
SHE'LL START THERE THIS SUM IN HOPES TO BECOME
A SOCIAL WORKER.
>> >>: IT'S BROUGHT ME FROM LIKE A ROUGH�
TO DOING SOMETHING GREATER AND KNOWING THAT
I ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE I CAN TURN TO IF I NEED
ANYONE.
>> >>CLAIRE TRAGESER: TO ACCEPT HER AWARD,
SHE WROTE A POEM SHE WROTE ABOUT JUMA.
SHE FINISHED BY SAYING WHERE SHE MIGHT BE
IF SHE HADN'T JOINED THE PROGRAM.
>> >>: WITH JUMA [INAUDIBLE]
>> >>CLAIRE TRAGESER: CLAIRE TRAGESER, KPBS
NEWS.
