Archive for the ‘Civic Engagement’ Category

• Mass Incarceration, Reproductive Health, Education, Health Outcomes: Regardless of the topic Disparities between Blacks, Hispanics and Whites Remain

  Sunday, March 18th, 2012

  “Black people are not dark-skinned white people; in fact, they are much more. They are survivors of the Middle Passage and centuries of humiliation and deprivation, who have excelled against all odds, constantly making a way out of no way.” Mass incarceration is the new principal instrument of social policy directed at poorly educated black men.

• The Curious Case of Trayvon Martin – is a NY Times Op-Ed by Charles M. Blow

  Sunday, March 18th, 2012

  “This case has reignited a furor about vigilante justice, racial-profiling and equitable treatment under the law, and it has stirred the pot of racial strife.
  As the father of two black teenage boys, this case hits close to home. This is the fear that seizes me whenever my boys are out in the world”

• Parental Involvement, School Funding, the Impact of Poverty and Academic Success.

  Sunday, March 11th, 2012

  “A new, wide-ranging study from the Department of Education confirms what advocates for low income students have known for many years: states and school districts are failing to fund high poverty schools.” Furthermore, many school districts are not receptive to making parents equal partners in the education of their children. That NEEDS to change; the sooner the better it will be for a large number of poor and minority students around the country and specifically in CT.

• African-American Women Pilot Made History in Feb. 2009

  Sunday, February 26th, 2012

  “In Feb. 2009 first officer Stephanie Grant of Atlantic Southeast Airlines got the call to replace the co-pilot scheduled to crew Flight No. 5202 from Atlanta to Nashville, she didn’t realize she and the rest of the crew were about to make history.”

• Great Teachers Make A Positive Impact In The Lives of Students

  Friday, February 24th, 2012

  “I remembered her 50 years later” the winning Six-Word Essay Contest sponsored by StudentsFirst.
  Great teachers inspire flight, destroy chains, challenge barriers, encourage the discouraged, and engage the distracted.