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2018 Black History Month Edition

Readers, Please enjoy the Black History Edition of our Envision Equity newsletter. This edition celebrates and recognizes black woman that have shaped and molded our world into a better place. As a reader, you will have access to photos from events that embody the purpose of this newsletter. We hope you enjoy, share, and contribute to the newsletter. Lastly, remember to Envision Equity.

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Please enjoy the Black History Edition of our Envision Equity newsletter. This edition celebrates and recognizes black woman that have shaped and molded our world into a better place.

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Diversity, Equity, and Poverty Programs Celebrates <strong>Black</strong> <strong>History</strong><br />

Misty Copeland<br />

1982 -<br />

Misty Copeland, (born September 10, 1982, Kansas<br />

City, Missouri, U.S.), American ballet dancer who, in<br />

2015, became the first African American female<br />

principal dancer with the American Ballet<br />

Theatre (ABT).<br />

Misty Copeland and her siblings grew up with a<br />

single mother whose several failed marriages<br />

resulted in financial instability. When young,<br />

Copeland moved with her family from Kansas<br />

City toSan Pedro, California. Her first formal<br />

encounter with dance was on the drill team of<br />

her middle school. The team’s coach noticed<br />

her talent and recommended that<br />

she attend ballet classes taught<br />

by Cynthia Bradley at the local<br />

Boys & Girls Club. Copeland’s<br />

natural ability was quickly<br />

recognized by Bradley, and, though<br />

age 13 was a late start for a serious<br />

dance career, Copeland began<br />

taking classes with Bradley at the<br />

San Pedro Ballet School. When her<br />

training became more intensive,<br />

Copeland moved in with Bradley and her family in<br />

order to be closer to the studio. In 1998, at age 15, she won first<br />

prize in the ballet category of the Los Angeles Music Center<br />

Spotlight Awards. That summer she was accepted with a full<br />

scholarship into the intensive summer program at the San<br />

Francisco Ballet.<br />

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