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.
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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ENVISION EQUITY FEBRUARY <strong>2018</strong><br />
judge. Last, but certainly not the only<br />
and least, they hope to finally find an<br />
access point that allows them to share<br />
in the wealth of classroom learning and<br />
not just sitting on the sidelines while<br />
learning happens around them. Never<br />
wanting to give the impression that I<br />
am clairvoyant, I surveyed a small<br />
group (ten or so) sixth, seventh, and<br />
eighth graders assigned to Saturday<br />
School. Now immediately some might<br />
think that this group, who had<br />
apparently, had a bump in the road<br />
would not be the optimal group to<br />
survey. However, I must confess an<br />
affinity for this group. They are the<br />
group who are taking slightly longer to<br />
figure it all out! I love them the most<br />
because if they had it all and knew it all,<br />
where would I find gainful<br />
employment?<br />
When asked what concerned,<br />
challenged, bothered them, the<br />
answers said much about how engaged<br />
they were! Answers included: My<br />
household financial abilities. How to<br />
make money at my age. Will I get a<br />
scholarship for college? How can I get<br />
good grades? What good jobs are going<br />
to pay so that I can provide for my<br />
family? Making sure that older kids who<br />
babysit have a cell phone at all times<br />
and don’t open the door even when<br />
parents knock because they have a key.<br />
Wondering what kind of day I’m going to<br />
have because anything could go wrong<br />
at any time. About my family when they<br />
are having a bad day. The list went on.<br />
When asked what school could do to<br />
make it better, they said: Focus a tiny bit<br />
more on our dreams and what we want<br />
to do. Have more go-to people like Ms.<br />
******. She is the one person that I think I<br />
could tell anything to and she not look at<br />
me any differently. Be more<br />
understanding because they don’t know<br />
what students go through when they get<br />
home. They could have a group of people<br />
that come from big jobs to explain how<br />
they got where they are. I want them<br />
[teachers] to help make me want my<br />
dreams and help me through my rough<br />
times, and I want them to lift me up<br />
more.<br />
The verb inspire calls to action our<br />
abilities to encourage, influence, and<br />
motivate. Thanks to all who show up<br />
each day to inspire and be inspired. As<br />
Helen Keller said, “The best and most<br />
beautiful things in the world cannot be<br />
seen or even touched—they must be<br />
felt in the heart.”
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