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.
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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Above, Diane Porter, the first African-American chairwoman of the Jefferson<br />
County Board of Education (JCBE), congratulates a student during the closing<br />
ceremony at the Literacy & Chess program at Wheatley Elementary School.<br />
building a better world<br />
—“enter to learn, depart to<br />
serve.” Thus, Mary, Harriet,<br />
and Sojourner sit<br />
alongside me as I take this<br />
chair appointment. Their<br />
lasting impact is still as<br />
vibrant and ongoing as<br />
ever before.<br />
As I move forward,<br />
standing on the shoulders<br />
of my ancestors, I<br />
appreciate this<br />
opportunity to publish in<br />
the JCPS Envision Equity<br />
special edition during the<br />
month of February. Not just because it is African-American <strong>History</strong> <strong>Month</strong>, but also because we are<br />
celebrating the contributions of African-American women throughout history who have given us<br />
strength and continue to serve as beacons to guide us. Very seldom does a trail worth traveling<br />
come without resistance and doubters. None of us can afford to stop because of turbulence.<br />
It is my intention that we move forward with focus, fearlessness, and fortitude. To do anything less<br />
would be a failure to the future that we influence with everything we do or do not do.<br />
I am honored to be the first African-American chairwoman of the JCBE. I am focused to lead as so<br />
many African-American women before me have—with grit, love, pride, and purpose. I end with<br />
another quote from Mary McCloud Bethune, “I leave you hope ... I leave you a thirst for<br />
education ... I leave you racial dignity ... I leave you, finally, a responsibility to our young people.”<br />
All children can learn. All children do learn. It is all about what and how we teach them. I will do<br />
my part to make sure what they learn continues on the trail that so many have blazed for me.
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