A Town Hall Meeting: How to Help Boys of Color Succeed
Format
Individual Presentation
Location
Scarbrough 2 & 3
Strand #1
Academic Achievement & School Leadership
Strand #1
Head: Academic Achievement & Leadership
Strand #2
Head: Academic Achievement & Leadership
Relevance
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Brief Program Description
Traditional approaches to increasing achievement and success of young African American and Hispanic males are not working. We must change the pattern where finishing high school is the exception and prison is almost routine. A panel of expert educators and parents discuss how to raise and educate academically successful African American and Hispanic males. Come join our town hall meeting on this important topic. This town hall meeting will begin with a panel discussion after which participants break down into small groups to discuss the panel presentations as well as their particular innovation or intervention related to boys of color. Participants may bring with them 50 copies of a one-page summary of their innovation regarding boys of color. Summaries will be discussed and shared at the second half of the town hall meeting.
Summary
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Evidence
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Biographical Sketch
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Keyword Descriptors
Boys of color, African American males, Hispanic males, Success, Achievement
Presentation Year
2015
Start Date
3-3-2015 8:30 AM
End Date
3-3-2015 11:30 AM
Recommended Citation
Nwosu, John O. Jr.; Smith, Kevin L.; Forbes, Paul; Ice, Chris; Zavala, Mario; Moye, Danielle R.; Johnson, Joe; Cobos, Alba; and Altuzar, Maria Rene, "A Town Hall Meeting: How to Help Boys of Color Succeed" (2015). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 235.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2015/2015/235
A Town Hall Meeting: How to Help Boys of Color Succeed
Scarbrough 2 & 3
Traditional approaches to increasing achievement and success of young African American and Hispanic males are not working. We must change the pattern where finishing high school is the exception and prison is almost routine. A panel of expert educators and parents discuss how to raise and educate academically successful African American and Hispanic males. Come join our town hall meeting on this important topic. This town hall meeting will begin with a panel discussion after which participants break down into small groups to discuss the panel presentations as well as their particular innovation or intervention related to boys of color. Participants may bring with them 50 copies of a one-page summary of their innovation regarding boys of color. Summaries will be discussed and shared at the second half of the town hall meeting.
