AVillage and Wmht are collaborating this summer with the A+Plus Program, formerly known as the summer youth employment program. We are working with teens to show them how to be reporters. We had our first orientation on Monday. It was very exciting! we look forward to our second session, which will happen today at 10:30am. This is promised to be a great experience for our Youth! Just to see the stars in their eyes and the joy that our children have in their heart, is all I need.
I know that this will be a big success for our children and the community as a whole. I spoke at the common council last night and told them about the program. I also asked them if our students could interview them. They were all happy to accommodate our request. God put me in the right place when he allowed me to be able to interact with our children. I have very little to offer but what I have to offer is better than nothing. Our children are amazing!
We are also very proud to have the opportunity to work with Amanda J. Lester andKatherine Pasquini Jetter of Wmht. These young ladies are totally amazing. Just to take out of their busy schedule and come down to our neighborhood and work with our children is really something to be commended. I'm very happy to have known them. Our children will go into the community and interview members of their families, neighbors, elected officials and many more. Our intentions are to interview people like Dr. Alice Green, Ms. Clara Phillips, The Mayor, Judges, police officers, like Ben Sturges and others.
Please Stay Tuned....Much More To Come...AVillage/Wmht
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7/03/2012
Startling Facts - People of Color
1. While people of color make up about 30% of the U.S.A Population, they account for 60% of the prison population.
2. According to the Bureau of justice statistics, 1 in 3 black men can expect to go to prison in their life time.
3. Students of color faces harsher punishments in school than their white peers.
4. The war on drugs has been waged primarily in communities of color where people of color are more likely to receive higher offences according to the human rights commission. and it goes on and on...
"WAKE UP PEOPLE" It time for us to take a stand and demand JUSTICE!!!, No Kid Should have to go to JAIL, Regardless of COLOR!
Education is the answer, Parental Involvement is the PATH, and Community Involvement is the Way! It all Takes AVillage.
2. According to the Bureau of justice statistics, 1 in 3 black men can expect to go to prison in their life time.
3. Students of color faces harsher punishments in school than their white peers.
4. The war on drugs has been waged primarily in communities of color where people of color are more likely to receive higher offences according to the human rights commission. and it goes on and on...
"WAKE UP PEOPLE" It time for us to take a stand and demand JUSTICE!!!, No Kid Should have to go to JAIL, Regardless of COLOR!
Education is the answer, Parental Involvement is the PATH, and Community Involvement is the Way! It all Takes AVillage.
6/29/2012
Call for Community Invlovment
Hey Community Members, we need your help!!!, Our Children/Seniors are In Need of Love/Leadership. All they need is for us to do the right thing by them. Let's be an example to them. All we need to do is show them that they are great and can be anything that their little hearts desire!
We (AVillage) like to lead by example, so if we do our part, will you do yours?
Please join us each and every Thursday for our weekly meetings. We meet at 3 Lincoln Square, from 5pm-7pm.
As you approach the building, we are the door on the far right hand side.There will always be an Agenda on the office door. Hope to see you there. It Really Does Take AVillage To Raise our Children and Take care of our Seniors!! Please Call 518-859-4305 for more Info:
We (AVillage) like to lead by example, so if we do our part, will you do yours?
Please join us each and every Thursday for our weekly meetings. We meet at 3 Lincoln Square, from 5pm-7pm.
As you approach the building, we are the door on the far right hand side.There will always be an Agenda on the office door. Hope to see you there. It Really Does Take AVillage To Raise our Children and Take care of our Seniors!! Please Call 518-859-4305 for more Info:
6/13/2012
Our Hero - Medgar Evers
by Willie White
Medgar Evers is one of my heroes. We are from the same state. I read a lot about him when I was a kid. I Love this Man and what he stood for. He stood for us all and he died for us all.
Reflecting for a moment, after a long day at work, drive home to be with your wife and kids. They are waiting up for you and you pull into your driveway. They hear your car and then, they hear a gun shot, a coward shot him in the back. His wife and kids race outside to find him crawling on the ground to make it to his front door, blood everywhere. Just like that, he's gone. Taken away from his family. My heart hurts to write this. His Spirit Lives Forever in my heart.
The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero’s Life and Legacy Revealed Through His Writings, Letters, and Speeches
Medgar Evers is one of my heroes. We are from the same state. I read a lot about him when I was a kid. I Love this Man and what he stood for. He stood for us all and he died for us all.
Reflecting for a moment, after a long day at work, drive home to be with your wife and kids. They are waiting up for you and you pull into your driveway. They hear your car and then, they hear a gun shot, a coward shot him in the back. His wife and kids race outside to find him crawling on the ground to make it to his front door, blood everywhere. Just like that, he's gone. Taken away from his family. My heart hurts to write this. His Spirit Lives Forever in my heart.
The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero’s Life and Legacy Revealed Through His Writings, Letters, and Speeches
4/17/2012
Come to Learn How the Criminal Justice System Impacts People of Color
Please Join Us on April 25th at Schenectady County Community College, the Program will start at 6pm until 8pm, "The New Jim Crow Chang Gang and Too Deep Entertainment", Featuring Dr. Alice Green and The NJC Report.
How the criminal justice system impacts people of color in our communities? Conviction and arrest report.
from Benita Law-Diao
How the criminal justice system impacts people of color in our communities? Conviction and arrest report.
from Benita Law-Diao
4/04/2012
We Made National News!!
Activist Puts Albany Neighborhood On The Bus Maphttp://www.npr.org/2012/04/04/149715433/activist-puts-albany-neighborhood-on-the-bus-map
Willie White pushed for the creation of a new bus route for his previously underserved neighborhood in Albany, N.Y.
Marie Cusick for NPR
Willie White pushed for the creation of a new bus route for his previously underserved neighborhood in Albany, N.Y.
Marie Cusick for NPR
2/27/2012
African American Culture & Education
We Must teach our children their history, then they came move forward with confidence.
African American Culture & Education
http://www.ehow.com/about_6156440_african-american-culture-education.html
African American Culture & Education
http://www.ehow.com/about_6156440_african-american-culture-education.html
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