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    Putting “Home” in the “Education” Equation

    by Aminisha Black,The Parents Notebook We’re familiar with the enthusiasm of a three- or four-year-old. They are eager to explore and learn. They are confident that they can do anything. Reality is not a concept they embrace.Notice how few of our children are still that...
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    Child Support Finances The Future

    By Akosua K. Albritton The saying, “Children are the future”, is heard in many quarters of society, from church pulpits to school auditoriums, to City Hall chambers. Not only are they the future, but they are people living now. Unfortunately, some parents are not paving...
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    In Memory of Travon Martin, Jordan Davis and All Youth Lost to Violence

    African-American youth comprise the largest numbers in youth-related stop-and-frisks, arrests, suspension from public schools...
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    ABC’s for Parents, Teachers, Caretakers and Community

    Being a grandmother of 12, my primary focus these days is what future generations...
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    For Our Children’s (and God’s) Sake….Can We Make Children our Priority?

    “If we are ever to have real peace in the world, we shall have...
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    Power To Parents!!

    For many years during and after slavery the first priority of African American parents...
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    Revisiting Self-Esteem and Saving Our Children

    Nelson Mandela has been a hero for many years, an example of one with...
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    Much Parent Education Work To Be Done Re: Myth Of Charter Schools

    By: S.E. Anderson Ed Activist Folks, Just a note to say that I attended our...
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    We Owe It To Our Children … Parent: Getting Through The Pain To The Power

    It is in the day-to-day family interactions that either self-esteem blooms or the spirit...
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    A Schedule Of Events For Parents, Teachers, Caregivers, Students

    October 5 9:00a-12n- Common Core in Common Language - DOE Parent Academy 2013: Start the...
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    An SOS Call – We Owe Our Children Community

    Listening to Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now daily serves as a reminder that I want...
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    Whose Children? Our Children!!

    by Aminisha Black The statistics on our youth is dismal and demands, deserves the attention...
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    Extending Family And Community Involvement

    by Aminisha Black The extended family has traditionally provided continuity in values, tradition and knowledge. ...
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    Children Learn What They Live – Teaching Afrocentric Values On The Home Front

    By: Aminisha Black The major cultural difference  between  Afrocentrism and Eurocentrism is “we” vs. “I”. ...
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    Media Icon and Pioneer Thomas H. Watkins –Daily Challenge publisher, is remembered and honored

    Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn-raised Thomas Henry Watkins, founder, owner, and publisher of the New York Daily...
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    High Horse: The Black Cowboy does what great documentaries should do…

    Executive produced by Jordan Peele, this three-part docuseries reclaims the Black cowboy’s rightful place...
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    A Third Space Built to Preserve Our Stories

    Jennifer Burchette, SCS Founder (middle, second from the right) poses with guests at SCS event. Photo cred: Shrinali Patel
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    All in the Powell Family

    Wayne Powell has a lot to smile about. His daughter LaNice, right, and granddaughter are integral to his successful security business. (Photo: Courtesy of the Powell Family.)

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