April 2019 Edition of Envision Equity

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Above, students attend a breakout session at the
Girls Empowerment Conference
2019 GIRLS
EMPOWERMENT
CONFERENCE EXPOSES
YOUNG LADIES TO
POSITIVE ROLE MODELS
AND SELF-ESTEEM-
BOOSTING SESSIONS
By Abdul Sharif, Generalist—Diversity, Equity, and
Poverty Programs Department
Photo by Abdul Sharif
Imagine more than 250 young ladies meeting
together for a day of positive affirmations,
motivational speakers, break-out sessions,
team building, and an opportunity to meet their
peers from different schools. On March 21, our
office facilitated the third-annual Girls
Empowerment Conference, which gave girls an
opportunity to do all of the above and more!
The mission of the Girls Empowerment
Conference is to develop the self-worth of young
women by empowering and motivating them to
make positive choices that will strengthen their
life skills, help them overcome barriers, and guide
them in achieving academic success.
More than 250 students from a variety of
Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) high
schools participated in sessions about study skills
and goal setting, healthy relationships, self-
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worth, conflict resolution, and communication. Sylena Fishback, director of the JCPS Volunteer
Talent Center, organized this year’s conference. Robin G, a world-renowned poet and spoken
word artist, served as MC for the
morning’s events by reciting some of her
poems and giving girls a boost of
motivation with her words. Robin G is the
proud mother of four young children and
has a career in healthcare. Inspired by her
own adversity and triumphs, she is best
known for her raw, transparent, and
uncensored pieces in regard to women of
all kinds and the struggle with loving,
living, and maintaining their own identity.
She has been recognized for her
renowned spoken word pieces “Because I
Am A Woman," "Unwrapped," and "Kings,
Queens, & Deadbeats." She is a published
poet; author of three collections of poetry
entitled there is substance here and Love, Relentlessly, and Robin., all of which are available on
Amazon.
Motivational speaker and “I Am Great” Founder Tiffanie Wiley was the keynote speaker at the
2019 Girls Empowerment Conference. Wiley, a Louisville native, was diagnosed with vitiligo
when she was 7 years old. When she started getting bullied in school, her mother put her in thick
makeup at age 10 to cover the blotches on her skin. Her mother didn’t want to give people
anything to stare at. During the conference, Wiley spoke to students about how she learned to
accept and love the skin she was born into. Wiley said that for years she felt like she “was
wearing a mask to do other people a favor” and before she started her senior year in high
school, she wiped off the makeup and never looked back.
According to a national report on the state of self-esteem in young girls, “7 in 10 girls believe
they are not good enough or do not measure up in some way, including their looks,
performance in school, and relationships with family and friends.” The Girls Empowerment
Conference aims to reverse these unfortunate statistics by providing young girls with a safe
space to meet positive adult role models, attend self-esteem-building breakout sessions, and
more. If you are interested in sending a group of girls to our future Girls Empowerment
Conference, please contact Sylena Fishback at 485-3710.
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Diversity, Equity, and Poverty Department
The Model
Recognizing Culturally Responsive and Innovative Classroom Teachers
Name: Alecia Anthony
School: Frederick Law Olmsted
Academy North
A
lecia Anthony is a 2011 Graduate of
Eastern Illinois University where she
Majored in Elementary Education with a
concentration in Middle School.
Ms. Anthony has taught middle school language arts
for the past 6 years (Noe Middle 6th/Olmsted North
7th). She Enjoy teaching young men at Olmsted North
because of their ability to overcome obstacles quickly.
Ms. Anthony is the mother of 3 children (2 boys 1 girl).
She married to her college sweetheart who works with
homeless families with St Vincent DePaul.
Alecia enjoys reading, traveling to the beach and
spending time with family and friends
Some of Alecia’s future goals are to to get a second
masters inTeacher Leadership with a literacy specialist
endorsement. In the near future she would like to help
future teachers in their teaching careers by building
positive classroom communities and forming lasting
relationships with their students. She would also like
to add a literacy specialist to her name because she
really enjoys working with struggling readers and
finding ways to help them overcome their challenges.
Click here for video story.
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BlACK STUDENT UNION
APRIL 2019 UPDATES
By Dr. Geneva Stark, Specialist—Diversity, Equity, and Poverty Programs Department
duPont Manual’s Black Student
Union has taken new challenges
this school year. Due to the winter
weather conditions, Manual’s basketball
homecoming dance had to be
rescheduled so students could return
home safely after the basketball game
before it got too late and the roads
would be dangerous. The Black Student
Union Board saw this as a perfect
opportunity to host the homecoming
dance, since the club had a dance
scheduled already for the month after.
The board along with the members of
the club worked diligently to put
together the dance for the entire school.
Many of the students who attended the
dance enjoyed their time, and were
surprised with a special guest, BBlasian,
a local artist who has recently been
popular among much of the youth here
in Louisville. Much of the administration
were also content with the dance, stating
that the DJ was one of the best Manual
had ever had, and the dance was one for
the school to remember.
A few weeks after the dance, the Black
Student Union also participated in the
18th annual Black History Month
celebration. Many of the members along
with the club’s allies came together to
display their talent with singing, cultural
dances, spoken words, and paintings.
Some of the notable participants of the
celebration was the BSU vice president,
Regis Wilson, who was the master of
ceremonies (MC) of the show, while BSU
co-president Kyra Welch performed a
breath-taking step routine with the
duPont Manual Dreamers Step Team, copresident
Sean Waddell Jr. gave a
powerful speech, “Liberation”, and
member Sydney Finley sang Marvin
Gaye’s, “What’s Going On?”,
accompanied by Mr. Ronel Brown, a
teacher from Manual, on electric guitar.
The school hosted three shows, and the
participants of the show were applauded
for their hard work and talent that they
performed on stage in front of a full
auditorium.
duPont Manual’s Black Student Union
has no problem accepting new
challenges, and also improving on events
they were challenged on before. The club
as a whole is determined to go outside of
their boundaries to build their legacy
and set an example for the years to
come.
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Central High School Black Student Union
This has been a productive year for the Black Student Union at Central High School.
Our BSU meets every Thursday from 2:30-4:00. In these meetings we discuss a variety
of topics, with students leading and facilitating the discussion. Some topics that have
been discussed this year include: gentrification, sexual assault, mental health,
nationalism, history of African American music, and politics. Attendance for these
meetings varies but on average there are about twenty-five students who show up
weekly. In these meetings community engagement is discussed and those discussions
have led to our BSU actively working
with community. Before winter break,
our BSU did service work at Treyton
Oak Towers. While at Treyton Oak
Towers, we helped to spread holiday
cheer to the residents. The community
service was so rewarding for our
members that we will be visiting
Treyton Oak Towers regularly to visit
with the residents.
In addition to our weekly meetings and community service, our BSU planned out how
we were going to celebrate Black History Month at Central. Planning meetings started
in November and the hard work we put into the planning paid off- Black History Month
was amazing!!! We started the month with a “Salute to Champions” day where we
celebrated our football team and Muhammad Ali. We then hosted our first Black
History Month poetry slam where junior Bre Watkins won. Then we had a Black
History Month spirit week with different themed days for the week like HBCU day and
African Culture day. Black History Month ended with our annual program. Our Black
History Month program is the premiere Black History Month celebration in JCPS and
featured three hundred of our students performing song, dance, and poetry. Corrie
Shull was the guest speaker for this powerful event. Everyone at Central left this event
with a full heart and renewed sense of spirit.
As we finish out the school year, our BSU is focused on having continued weekly
meetings and discussions and increasing our community service involvement. We are
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also looking to host an open mic night and other fundraising activities. Our BSU is
looking to continue and further our collaboration with the African Student Association.
We will be graduating two BSU seniors at the end of the school year so our foundation
for the future is strong.
J. Graham Brown Black Union
J. Graham Brown Black Union started off the year
with discussions about Equity vs. Equality. Then,
BSU rented out the theater for Brown School
students to see The Hate You followed with
discussion.
For Black History Month we lead a forum called
coffee and conversations on Friday mornings. The
topics that were discussed: Empowering Women of
Color, Historical Black Colleges and Universities,
and Distinguished Men of Color.
BSU and Men of Quality also, had a read-aloud for
elementary students every Tuesday morning
before school (7:30-7:50 a.m.) reading books that
involve diversity to elementary students K-4th during the month of February.
BSU 2nd annual book awards were presented to students within our very own Brown
School community. The purpose of these awards is to acknowledge minority students
at all grade levels who have outstanding qualities inside and out.
We ended the month with a program with the collaboration of MoQ planning an
informative and interactive program through various activities such as poetry, singing,
dancing, and presenting awards as well as a school-wide Kahoot.
On April 16th our BSU will participate in We Day service day!
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Above, educators attend the 2018 Educators of Color celebration.
JCPS TO
RECOGNIZE
EDUCATORS OF
COLOR AT
ANNUAL EVENT
By Abdul Sharif, Generalist—Diversity, Equity, and
Poverty Programs Department
Photos, Abdul Sharif.
According to the Learning Policy
institute (LPI), “Increasing teacher
diversity is a very important strategy
for improving learning for students of color
and for closing achievement gaps” A recent
report by LPI titled Diversifying the Teaching
Profession: How to Recruit and Retain Teachers
of Color, found that “while the population of
teachers of color overall is growing, Black and
Native American teachers are a declining share
of the teacher workforce and the gap between
the percentage of Latinx teachers and students
is larger than for any other racial or ethnic
group. (ibid)
In order to help recognize and “lift up” the
educators of color that work in JCPS, the office
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of Diversity, Equity, and Poverty will
hold its third annual Educators of
Color celebration on April 12 at 6
p.m. at the Kentucky Center for
African-American Heritage. The
purpose of the event is to recognize
the amazing teachers,
administrators, and school support
staff of color within JCPS. We
believe educators of color make a
positive and lasting impact on
students across our district. Our
celebration will acknowledge the champions in our classrooms who lead students to academic
success each day.
Educators of Color award winners can be nominated by students, parents, teaching peers,
principals, superintendents, and anyone from the community who has an interest in honoring
an outstanding educator. Educators could also self-nominate. Nominations are accepted in the
following categories: JCPS Educators Rising Student, University of Louisville Minority Teacher
Recruitment Project Student, JCPS Elementary Teacher, JCPS Middle Grades Teacher, JCPS
Secondary Teacher, JCPS Administrator, and Retired JCPS Teacher/Administrator. During last
year’s Educators of Color celebration, we presented a special award that was created in honor
of retired JCPS administrator Dr. Allene Gold. Dr. Gold, who passed away this past December,
will once again have her name bestowed upon the Dr. Allene Gold Schoolhouse Educator award
which will be presented to a JCPS teacher(s) that exemplifies versatility, compassion,
toughness, activism, strong pedagogy skills, and a deep love for Louisville.
To RSVP to attend this year’s Educators of Color celebration, please visit: https://
www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-educators-of-color-celebration-tickets-56213835094 or call
485-3506.
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JCPS HOLD FINAL RACIAL EQUITY
POLICY COMMUNITY MEETING AT THE
W.E.B. DUBOIS ACADEMY
By Abdul Sharif, Generalist—Diversity, Equity, and Poverty Programs Department
Photos, Abdul Sharif.
Above, Principal Gunn welcomes attendees.
O
n March 21 at the W.E.B. DuBois
Academy, community members and
Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) staff
attending the fourth and final Racial Equity
Policy Community Meeting of the 2018-19
school-year. To begin the meeting, DuBois
Academy principal Robert Gunn brought
welcome on the behalf of his students and
staff with a very lively recitation of the
school’s creed which goes:
“ I was born to achieve greatness. I will not be
defined by my mistakes, but my willingness
to accept correction to learn and grow. My
greatness will be a result of my work ethic,
mentorship, and support. I will achieve all of
my goals. I will be accountable for my actions
and responsible to positively impact my
community. I was born to achieve greatness,
and I will determine the man I become.”
Mr. Gunn’’s introduction was followed by a
presentation of recent district data by Dr.
Krista Drescher-Burke the Data Specialist in
the Diversity, Equity, and Poverty
Department. Dr. Drescher-Burke was
followed by Dr. Charles Davis, and Dr. John
Marshall who each gave an overview of the
JCPS Racial Equity Policy. Lastly, Delquan
Dorsey, the Community Engagement
Coordinator in the Diversity, Equity, and
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Poverty Department presented some of the ways attendees can get involved in their schools,
and community.
To wrap up the meeting, members of the JCPS Racial Equity Policy Advisory Council presented
some of their questions and concerns to JCPS Chiefs that were in attendance. Council
members Kumar Rashad, a JCPS teacher and JCTA representative, Jaron Alexander, a JCPS
parent and Grace Pennix, a senior at duPont Manual High School, each presented questions
and talked about their experiences on the council thus far.
If you were not able to attend a Racial Equity Policy Community Meeting this year, feel free to
contact Mr. Delquan Dorsey at 485-3506 with any of your questions about the policy.
Top, Grace Pennix, bottom, Jaron Alexander.
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April 2019
Check out our monthly update video featuring JCPS Chief of
Communications Renee Murphy, Community Engagement
Coordinator Delquan Dorsey, and Community Affairs Specialist
Vanessa McPhail, to find out what DEP has coming up this month!
Click Here to Play
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THE MODEL
Her’d
Hazelwood Program Inspires Young Female Students
Recognizing Culturally Responsive and Innovative Classroom Teachers
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The Her’d program came out of a need to help some amazing young Black girls at
Hazelwood Elementary feel connected to school and empowered to use their voices in a
positive way. We are a club about validating the experiences that our girls bring to the
table. We want these young ladies to have confidence that they are amazing and gifted and feel like
they have an adult advocate at school. This year, the girls have been provided with opportunities to
identify their own academic and personal strengths as well as express themselves through visual
arts, poetry, prose and spoken word.
Ms. Debra Glover.
Click here for video story.
Debra Glover is a Fourth-Grade teacher at
Hazelwood Elementary School in Jefferson County
Public Schools. She holds a B.S. in Early
Elementary Education from the University of
Louisville as well as an M.S. in Elementary
Education and an English as a New Language
teaching License from Indiana University
Southeast. During Ms. Glover’s nine-year
education career, she has taught a variety of
learners in places such as China, Mongolia, the
U.S., and Turkey. This year Ms. Glover is participating in a cohort of teachers called CTEPS, or
Classroom Teachers Enacting Positive Solutions, where she is currently working on research
involving girls in engaging Math education. She is a member of the Instructional Leadership Team
at Hazelwood and serves as the school’s Quick Recall Coach and co-sponsor for Her’d. In addition,
Ms. Glover has previously shown leadership by presenting for the Louisville Writing Project;
participating as a member of the Environmental Leadership Team at her previous employer, Cane
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System. Outside of the classroom, Ms. Glover serves as a small group leader for her church’s High
School Ministry and has volunteered her time during the summer months to give conversational
English lessons and train Primary School Teachers in developing countries.
Sumer Smith is a
Second-Grade
teacher at
Hazelwood
Elementary School
in Jefferson County
Public Schools. She
holds a Bachelor of
Science in
Elementary
Education from the
University of
Louisville and will
graduate with a
Master of Arts in
Education from the
University of the Cumberlands this upcoming August. Sumer is concurrently working toward a
Math Specialist Endorsement from the University of Louisville. Sumer serves as a staff
representative on the Site-Based Decision-Making council, is a member of the Hazelwood Teacher
Transfer Selection Committee, a member of the Instructional Leadership Team, and serves as a cosponsor
for Her’d. Outside of the classroom, she serves as a Resident Counselor at the Home of
the Innocents.
Ms. Sumer Smith.
Click here to view Ms. Smith and Ms. Glover’s video story.
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INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN’S DAY AT
IROQUOIS LIBRARY
By Dr. Monica Lakhwani—Multicultural Specialist, Diversity, Equity,
and Poverty Programs Department
In honor of International Women’s Day, Iroquois
Library held their 5th annual Women of the
World event on Saturday, March 9th!
This year, both Kalai Annadurai (JCPS SBDM) and I
(Equity & Inclusion) were able to attend and
represent India. We were able to represent North,
South, and West India.
It felt truly great to be surrounded by amazing women
originating from all parts of the world as well as being
uplifted by the many who gathered. Individuals asked
questions, were ready to try
new food, meet old and
new friends, and learn of
the many traditions/
cultures that were present.
It was an empowering
event. Kalai and I both
enjoyed being there and meeting people from varous
nations! Many thanks to the volunteers and Sophie Maier
for putting this together!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IooF04DRtDw
Photos provided by Dr.
Monica Lakwhani.
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Muhammad Ali Center To
Accept Applications for
MACCS and UCREW in April
By Morgan Szabo, Muhammad Ali Center
www.alicenter.org
T
he Muhammad Ali Center will begin accepting applications for both high school student
programs, the Muhammad Ali Center Council of Students (MACCS) and UCREW beginning on
April 15, 2019.
The Muhammad Ali Center Council of Students (MACCS) is a diverse group of young leaders,
committed to improving themselves and their communities through the practice of Muhammad Ali’s
six core principles: Respect, Confidence, Conviction, Dedication, Spirituality, and Giving. As a youth-led
organization, these dynamic students make decisions that guide the course of their service work and
leadership development.
UCREW is a ground-breaking social enterprise program, that offers a unique opportunity for students
to not only learn about social entrepreneurship, but to work in teams to develop an actual social
enterprise. During the 2019-2020 school year, students will meet twice monthly to explore the issue of
“poverty” in their communities and to reflect on ways to combat local poverty through creative
business endeavors. By the end of the program, students will have conceptualized, produced,
marketed, and launched a small social enterprise business.
To learn more and apply to either of these programs, please contact mszabo@alicenter.org for more
information.
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CULTIVATING
COMMUNITY FOOD
LEADERS
By: Erin Hargrove, The Food Literacy Project
For two years, The Food Literacy Project and
Iroquois High School have collaborated to
provide leadership skills to high school students
as they earn credits towards graduation and
wages for employment.
“My time with this program has been like a
golden bridge towards my future,” said a student
of his experience through this partnership of
The Food Literacy Project’s (FLP) Youth
Community Agriculture Program (YCAP) and
Iroquois High School’s Accelerate to Graduate
(A2G) program.
Through this partnership, A2G students, who are
ESL students that are in danger of aging out of
JCPS before graduating, explore curricula
through project-based learning. Students learned geometry and physics when they
designed, built, and cooked in an earthen oven at the farm as well as raised garden
beds for the farm’s learning garden. Students explored soil science and social studies as
they planted, cultivated, and harvested produce on the farm.
Beyond receiving credits towards graduation, students are also able to apply for paid
employment at The Food Literacy Project, which employs teens during the summer on
the farm to plant, cultivate, harvest, market, and sell fresh vegetables while learning
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about the food system through field studies and workshops. In 2018, YCAP crew
members reinvigorated the South Points Farmers Market, increasing access to fresh,
local foods in South Louisville. Graduating youth are then eligible to apply to stay
employed part-time during the school year as Community Food Leaders. A student
in the 2017–18 school year
cohort worked with YCAP
during the summer and
continued his employment
through the end of the
growing season. He was
able to grow professional
skills, and now works in the
kitchen of a popular local
restaurant.
While the A2G and YCAP
partnership is unique,
YCAP summer
Photos provided by Erin Hargrove.
employment is open to any
Jefferson County youth aged 16–19 that has an interest in working outside, learning
more about food systems, and wants to develop their leadership skills. Visit the Food
Literacy Project website to apply:
www.foodliteracyproject.org/programs/ycap.
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Books for Young Readers
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That? The
Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara
Jordan
By Chris Barton and Ekua Holmes (illustrator)
Beach Lane Books, 2018
Ages 4-8
Hands Up
By Breanna J. McDaniel and Shane W. Evans
(illustrator)
Dial Books for Young Readers, 2019
Ages 4-8
Barbara Jordan was gifted with a voice that was loud, clear,
and confident. What do you do with a voice like that? If you
are Barbara Jordan, you decide to change the world. Barbara
Jordan used her voice as a lawyer, U.S. Congresswoman,
civil rights leader, and educator. She is most famous for the
speech she delivered on the impeachment of President Nixon,
but What Do You Do with a Voice Like That is the story of a
brave woman who used her voice to fight for equality and
integrity throughout her entire life.
Under My Hijab
By Hena Khan and Aaliyah Jaleel (illustrator)
Lee & Low Books, Inc, 2019
Ages 4-8
Hands Up celebrates all of the joyful ways a young girl raises
her hands as she goes about her day. She raises her hands in
class, to reach books, for help, singing, in a game, and finally
she holds her hands up to lift signs for change. Intended to
put an uplifting spin on a troubling phrase, McDaniel states
that she wants to highlight the beauty and joy in the everyday
lives of African American children.
A little girl looks to the important Muslim women in her
life as she tries to decide how she will wear her hijab.
Will she wear it “piled high” with brightly colored hair
underneath like her artist auntie? Or will she wear it
with a sunhat on top like her brave scout leader, Jenna?
Under My Hijab looks at six women who all wear the
hijab in their own special way, depending on their styles
and interests.
Information provided by Tori Sachtleben, Louisville Free Public Library
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Professional Development Opportunities
Title Session Code Date & Time Location Contact
Culturally
Appropriate
Integration of
Activities
18-19102743 April 10
4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Seneca High
Dr. Monica Lakhwani
(502) 485-7269
Intersectionality and
Insensitivity:
Discussion of
Identity
18-1997363 April 16
4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Atherton High
Vanessa McPhail
(502) 485-3631
Being the Change:
Rejecting Anti-Bias
Pedagogy
18-1998606 April 17
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Shelby Traditional
Academy
DEP
(502) 485-3506
Culturally
Responsive
Classroom
Management:
Disruption That
Leads to
Engagement
18-19102712 April 17
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Shelby Traditional
Academy
DEP
(502) 485-3506
Racial Equity
Analysis Protocol
(REAP)
18-1998612 April 17
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Shelby Traditional
Academy
DEP
(502) 485-3506
Reaching and
Teaching Black Boys
Through Literacy
18-1998618 April 17
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Shelby Traditional
Academy
DEP
(502) 485-3506
Narratives of
Blackness,
Belonging, and
Brilliance
18-1999074 April 17
4:45 to 6:45 p.m.
C.B. Young Jr.
Service Center
Vanessa McPhail
(502) 485-3631
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Think College Now: Stay Ready
Saturday, April 10
9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
University of Louisville, Student Activity Center
Think College Now: Stay Ready is an event
geared toward African-American, Latinx and/or
first generation high school freshmen,
sophomores and juniors. Students and their
guests will attend workshops, gain helpful
financial aid information, speak with current
students and tour the University of Louisville
campus. Participating students and ONE guest
will receive a voucher for a complimentary meal
for campus dining. Check-in begins at 9 a.m.
and the program concludes at 2:30 p.m.
Registration is encouraged but walk-ins are
welcome. To register visit https://
apply.louisville.edu/register/tcn.
Contemporary Africa: Exploring Diverse
Cultures & Politics
Saturday, April 06, 2019
Starts at 01:00 PM
Location: Iroquois Library
601 W. Woodlawn
Meet and learn with community leaders and
UofL students about diverse cultural and
political experience across contemporary sub-
Saharan Africa.
Visual Arts with ArtsBridge
Monday, April 29, 2019
5:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Western Library
604 S. 10th Street
Each ArtsBridge Visual Arts class will allow
students the opportunity to express themselves
with a variety of arts media. Through scribble
and doodling, spontaneous expression, painting,
cartooning and working as a team to create a
group drawing, students will learn life skills
such as conflict resolution, problem solving,
goal setting, and positive thinking while
developing increased confidence and selfesteem
through visual arts expression.
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Achieve with us
Enrolling new students for the 2019-2020 school year!
ABOUT ADELANTE
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achieve their dreams. We guide students from
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OUR PROGRAM
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Each week, Achievers participate in enrichment
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STUDENTS MUST:
Enter 6th-9th grade for
2019-2020 School Year
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year (September - May)
Complete an interview
with parents during
Summer 2019
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● 6% of all young people (8-18)
● 57% feel unsafe at school
● 85% experienced verbal abuse
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ENVISION EQUITY APRIL 2019
J E F F E R S O N C O U N T Y P U B L I C S C H O O L S
2019
D I V E R S I T Y , E Q U I T Y , A N D P O V E R T Y
EDUCATORS OF
COLOR CELEBRATION
Please join us for the second annual Educators of Color Celebration. This event
will be held on Friday, April 12, 2019 at 6 pm. The purpose of the event is to
recognize the amazing teachers, administrators, and school support staff of
color within JCPS. We believe educators of color make a positive and lasting
impact on students across our district. Our celebration will acknowledge the
champions in our classrooms who lead students to academic success each day.
APRIL 12, 2019 | 6 p.m.
KENTUCKY CENTER FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE
1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.
Attire is dress to impress. Dinner will be served.
To R.S.V.P., please contact Delquan Dorsey at 485-3506 or
delquan.dorsey@jefferson.kyschools.us.
Greater Louisville Alliance of
Black School Educators
Editor—Catherine Collesano
Editor, Photo Contributor—Abdul Sharif
Credits
Envision Equity is a publication of the JCPS Department of Diversity, Equity, and Poverty Programs. All
submissions should be sent to Catherine Collesano at catherine.collesano@jefferson.kyschools.us or Abdul
Sharif at abdul.sharif2@jefferson.kyschools.us. If you are interested in becoming a subscriber or a
contributor to Envision Equity, please contact one of the editors at the above email address.
www.jefferson.kyschools.us
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