Empowering and equipping youth and communities to determine their future.
Birmingham, AL
Joined August 2017
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On #SundayTODAY, a great piece from @HarrySmith about the innovative @BuildUpWork program that has low-income high school students learning skills to build homes, and then move into them. today.com/video/build-up-pro…
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JFF is proud to partner with @buildupwork to revitalize communities and increase #affordablehousing through paid youth #apprenticeships in real estate and construction. Thank you to @FannieMae for investing in Build UP's amazing work. fanniemae.com/thechallenge/b…
In the final phase of the Innovation Challenge, we pledged to support 5 organizations whose solutions address affordable housing, education, and economic mobility. See what @PurposeBuiltCRN and our own @MariaPEvans have to say about these innovative ideas: spr.ly/60101j9xu
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me when i got accepted to grad school vs me as i attempt to finish writing my dissertation
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It's never too early to train up a child. I spent my afternoon with Woodlawn High freshmen discussing work ethic and the importance of the decisions they make in high school. We have to take accountability for the growth of our young people. They deserve our all.
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Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand”
- John 13:7
Just let God work his magic 🤗
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On her road to becoming an icon, Aretha Franklin honed her sound at Alabama’s own Muscle Shoals. Since then, she taught us the meaning of respect and that a rose is still a rose.
She was more than a great voice. She was music royalty. Rest well, queen. bit.ly/2Paxv1B
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I’ve been thinking a lot about this quote from Jean Anyon lately:
“Attempting to fix inner-city schools without fixing the city in which they are embedded is like trying to clean the air on one side of a screen door.”
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Great interview between @rickhess99 and #TeachForAmerica alum Mark Martin about @buildupwork—a nonprofit that aims to equip students from low-income backgrounds with the skills and agency to succeed in the workforce and in their communities: bit.ly/2GZ6biw
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What if youth took radical ownership of both their learning AND their community? blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick… @buildupwork #TranscendEdu
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4 must see sessions at #SXSWEdu 2018 transcendeducation.org/playl… from
these @TranscendBuilds Yellow Hats @brholland @debryc @irrefutable1 @buildupwork HT @reshanrichards @JeremiahNewell @SXSWEDU #TranscendEdu
