Community Connection Wednesday January 23
The Mind Trust announces a parent advocacy organization!
Indianapolis charter booster launches parent advocacy fellowship
“The Mind Trust announced Wednesday that it is establishing a two-year fellowship to develop a parent advocacy organization — and seeking candidates to be a part of it.”
“The goal of the fellowship is to empower families — particularly low-income families and families of color — to advocate for changes in their publicly funded schools, said The Mind Trust executive director Brandon Brown.’
“The Mind Trust is accepting fellowship applications through March and expects to select a fellow in June.”
About the Mind Trust
“At The Mind Trust, we aim to provide every student in Indianapolis with access to a high-quality, world-class education. We do this by recruiting and developing talented, innovative educators, launching high-quality schools with the conditions for success and engaging neighborhoods and communities to help lead education innovation.”
In Studio Guests:
Brandon Brown – CEO
Shannon Williams – Senior Vice President of Community Engagement
The Mind Trust
1630 N Meridian St, Suite 450
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 822-8102
“Parents Where Are You? The Kids Are Out Of Control” – by Dr. Marco Clark
About the book:
“Black America as a whole must reshape their mindsets to embrace the value of learning and boldly expound that “Education is the Great Equalizer”. The laissez-faire attitude toward education and the lack of respecting its necessity in America especially “Black America” has contributed to the overall decline of positive community growth and great educational systems in both K-12 and Higher Education Institutions. This rapid decline is both staggering and pervasive. This book is focused on many detrimental issues with the aim of generating an honest heartfelt large-scale conversation between parents, educators and administrators. It is my hope that this conversation will spark a plan of action which will ultimately lead to definite, purposeful and expeditious change.”
Info from: http://www.drmarcoclark.com/nws/product/parents-where-are-you-the-kids-are-out-of-control/?fbclid=IwAR0ioyDoPXlM7yvLafRxqrk5gl2K51UTnXp67ClZ4CY27IkcACoNT2fRljw
Man The Block – The Richard Wright Safe Passage Program
Dr. Marco Clark – Founder, CEO, and Head of School
About Man The Block: “The Richard Wright Safe Passage Program was created to provide Safe Passage to and from school by concerted efforts of staff, parents, and volunteers in the community to escort students to metro and bus stops each day.”
IMPD joins us live on Community Connection
IMPD Resource Fair
THIS FRIDAY JANUARY 25th
3PM – 6PM
Indianapolis Public Library – Warren Branch
9701 East 21st
In Studio Guests:
Robert Fry – Community Resource Coordinator
Vanessa Hinshaw – Multi-Agency Sweeps Coordinator at City of Indianapolis-Department of Business and Neighborhood Services
Nathan Shell – IMPD Patrol Officer
Source: CS / CS