your post goes very well with the thread that boodaah started about low standarized test scores for Blacks.
my suggestion is first is not to get overwhelmed and don't look at the big picture. choose one student or one school or one afterschool program and do yo thang. change happens incrementally and if u can at least help one student then u would have made a difference. u would be no good to anyone is u tried to take on too much too fast, start slow. also, try to hook up with some michigan okayplayers, i know nushooz with be there soon and i know she is into activism.
here in chicago we are starting a mentoring program for kids ages 13-16 b/c with some kids they don't excel in school due to low or lacking self esteem or guidance. anyways, i am starting to ramble but if u would like for us to email u stuff that we are doing and tell u how we got started let me know.
vbohanan@hotmail.com
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