The Platform Summit
Twice now, women from different backgrounds - gentile, Jewish, gay, young, old, of diverse professions, and economic status - answered an invitation to come together.
These women came sharing, willing to listen, not judge; open to discussing their individual desires to learn more about the other race. Reveling in their introducing of themselves, …
Twice now, women from different backgrounds - gentile, Jewish, gay, young, old, of diverse professions, and economic status - answered an invitation to come together.
These women came sharing, willing to listen, not judge; open to discussing their individual desires to learn more about the other race. Reveling in their introducing of themselves, why they came; and the anxiety they may have felt as they ventured out in the down-pour of rain and threats of storm, floods and possible tornadoes - these white & black women left their comfort zone to talk, meet, laugh and even to shed some tears.
Love was the conduit and the passion that made this Platform Summit different from anything that could have been imagined or dared to envision.
Over 50 ladies electrified the WMM Community Center and transcended the space of three hours and 30 minutes of love and unity into a safe place, sheltered from the hatred, the discord, we see on the internet, we watch on the television news and social media.
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Join us: March 16, 2019 | 10a - 1p
Please RSVP: camw1965@yahoo.com
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Whole Man Ministries Community Center
3916 Old Lexington Road
Winston-Salem, NC
camw1965@yahoo.com
My Brother's Keeper
In August 2015, Mayor Joines accepted the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) challenge and WSSU was named the lead community partner to collaborate on achieving the six MBK goals: …
City of W-S and Winston-Salem State University
In August 2015, Mayor Joines accepted the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) challenge and WSSU was named the lead community partner to collaborate on achieving the six MBK goals:
1. Ensure all children enter school cognitively, physically, socially, and emotionally ready
2. Ensure all children read at grade level by 3rd grade
3. Ensure all youth graduate from high school
4. Ensure all youth complete post-secondary education or training
5. Ensure all youth out of school are employed
6. Ensure all youth remain safe from violent crime and are provided a second chance
A MBK Stakeholder Group has convened to
develop action plan
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obama.org/mbka
336.750.8848 | atkinsona@wssu.edu
The Forsyth Promise
The Forsyth Promise is a diverse partnership that unites our community’s efforts and ideas on education.
The Forsyth Promise brings all our community’s efforts and ideas together to…
The Forsyth Promise is a diverse partnership that unites our community’s efforts and ideas on education.
The Forsyth Promise brings all our community’s efforts and ideas together to:
Shine the light on what’s working well for kids.
Focus on common goals and outcomes.
Align our community’s resources and practices to ensure the best educational outcomes for Forsyth County’s children.
In a nutshell, The Forsyth Promise puts us all on the same page and unites us around the same vision that every child in Forsyth County receives the best education possible and is fully equipped to thrive throughout life.
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forsythpromise.org
336.723.3601 | latasha.lane@uwforsyth.org
BRAVE
BRAVE is a race panel for Triad Clergy.
The mission of this panel is to discuss the church’s role in topics of race, racial injustice, to bring unity, raise awareness and pray together as a body of believers .
Bringing Revival & Awareness (through) Viable Examination
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BRAVE is a race panel for Triad Clergy.
The mission of this panel is to discuss the church’s role in topics of race, racial injustice, to bring unity, raise awareness and pray together as a body of believers . BRAVE is an initiative to bring diversity to the forefront, to as believers remove the idea of color blindness from our vocabulary and
triumphantly embrace and celebrate our
uniqueness.
We will discuss how to implement brave choices in our churches and communities that celebrate diversity.
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Hosted at The SALTBOX
1650 Ivy Ave
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Be The Change: Beyond The Bricks & Educational Equity In Forsyth County
Be The Change is focused on a key educational issue in the US that is playing out here in Forsyth County: the achievement gap for males of color. The agenda for this quarterly community convening on education is …
This February's installment of Be The Change is focused on a key educational issue in the US that is playing out here in Forsyth County: the achievement gap for males of color. The agenda for this quarterly community convening on education is full, with the achievement gap and educational equity front and center. We'll feature a screening of the documentary film Beyond the Bricks, facilitated participant breakout sessions, and a moderated panel discussion among the Superintendent and Board Chair of Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Schools, as well as the President and CEO of YMCA of Northwest North Carolina. These conversations will explore the achievement gap as a national trend and examine the perspectives and policies shaping our community's outcomes and day-to-day life for students in Forsyth County. The full event agenda is included below.
"We'll kick off the event with a data walk and presentation on our community's core measures in education as well as recently-reported figures around educational equity in Forsyth County. The fact of the matter is there are significant disparities across nearly all of these measures based on the race / ethnicity and / or the socioeconomic status of a given student. These gaps among subgroups of students are alarming and must be addressed. By bringing the community together around this issue, and by examining specific, concrete policies and dynamics affecting the situation, we can begin to chart a path toward progress, together," said The Forsyth Promise Partnership Director, Wendy Poteat.
To read the full Forsyth Promise 2018 report, click here.
Event Details
When: Thursday, February 28 from 5:00 PM until 8:30 PM
Where: Forsyth Technical Community College, 2100 Silas Creek Parkway, Robert L. Strickland Center (formerly the Oak Grove Center), Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Childcare will be provided.
Location: The event will take place on Forsyth Tech's main campus, in the Strickland Center (formerly the Oak Grove Center).
Navigation on Campus: Please refer to this campus map if you are planning ahead. Directional signage to the Strickland Center is posted for visitors once they arrive on campus.
Parking: Ample parking is available on site at the Strickland Center.
Navigation at the Strickland Center: Navigational signage will be in place at building entrances and inside the building. The event will be held in the Dewitt E. Rhoades Conference Center on the second floor.
Registration Deadline: Please register by February 27th.
The Forsyth Promise
The Forsyth Promise is a coalition of community institutions, organizations, and grassroots leaders who come together to identify and collaborate on community-wide priorities to improve Forsyth County's core measures in education. Guided by the core values of educational equity, inclusive stakeholder engagement, and data-driven decision making, the Promise is focused on reducing or eliminating racial / ethnic, socioeconomic, and other disparities among students. The Promise's core educational measures include: early childhood reading, third grade reading, eighth grade math, ACT proficiency, high school graduation, college enrollment, and post-secondary completion.
Wendy Poteat continued, "Be The Change is our quarterly opportunity to meet as a broader coalition of community advocates for education, to go deep on key issues affecting our local systems of education, to report out on the work of the Promise, and to provide a channel for community advocates of all ages, races, and backgrounds to plug into the work. The spirit of this event, and our work in general, is open and collaborative. The Promise is about coming out of bunkers and building bridges so that we can come together, collaborate, and improve the quality of the educaiton received by all young people in Forsyth County."
Beyond the Bricks
Beyond the Bricks is a documentary created with the goal of promoting solutions for one of America’s critical problems in education: the consistently low academic performance of African‐American boys in school. Though the film focuses primarily on students and schools in Newark, NJ, the issues addressed there extend to urban enclaves throughout the nation. Beyond the dismal statistics are the real stories of children fighting to build better futures for themselves. Through two students’ personal stories, the film looks critically at the circumstances that are plaguing African‐American communities overall, and offers up examples of people who are successfully combating these challenges. BEYOND THE BRICKS promotes hope and the idea that with people at every level working diligently on this issue, there can be real solutions to the seemingly insurmountable obstacles that have for so long plagued African‐American boys and their education.