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Boys in the Hood Meeting Recap and Upcoming Events

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Peace and Love Family. I would like to say thank you to the parents that continue to bring the boys on Friday nights. Thank you to the community for all your support!! It couldn’t be done without you. We had another great session of Boys in the Hood Book Club. These young kings are engaged and eager to learn.

As planned, the boys met with our partners of the Technology and Leadership Academy team; Local music producers Derek Allen (DOA), Joe Archie, rap artist M’ster Lewis, and Sojourner Truth Multicultural Art Museum founder Shonna McDaniels. The boys are very much enthusiastic about the new program, and we can’t wait to start on December 13th.

TALA Team

We discussed Tupac Shakur as a young boy and some of the things he went through. As well as, some of his poetry and discussed how articulate he was. We talked about how words not only transmit energy, they tell stories and convey information. They did excellent with the vocabulary words. We looked at how Tupac was a great storyteller, viewed the infamous Brenda’s Got a Baby video, and pondered on why two decades after his passing we are still talking about him. Part 2 is December 14, 2018.

 

We have another book fair sponsored by Ashay by the Bay for our Thurgood Marshall book. Please support! Information is on the website and you can order from the site.

We have some important events in December for the boys. View our upcoming events, and please mark your calendars:  https://escapevelocityfoundation.com/events/
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