Duke Energy recently announced the recipients of $1 million in grants through the Duke Energy Foundation to nonprofit organizations committed to social justice and racial equity in North Carolina. $25,000 grants were distributed to 40 organizations across North Carolina that have an impact across spectrums of the work. One of Edlanta’s partners, Profound Gentlemen, was one of the organizations chosen…
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Virtual Learning Won’t Survive without Family Engagement
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been able to spend more time with my family. It makes me think about the new normal for my scholars. Many of them would often share stories about not being able to spend the time they would like with their parents. Well, we certainly have this time now. The offset of having…
A Georgia Charter School Gives Life to Red Ribbon Week!
In Georgia, there is a Black male counselor making social change with his school and community by focusing in on the importance of Red Ribbon Week. This post is celebrating a fellow Black male educator, Ken Kemp who is a Black male counselor at RISE Prep in East Point, Georgia. Ken shares a recent win for the school and how…
Johnathon Hines Becomes the First Black Male Teacher in Atlanta to Win Pre K Teacher of the Year
Original Post by: BecauseofThemWeCan A little sunshine to make you smile today! Johnathon Hines, an Atlanta Pre-K Teacher, just became the first African American man to win Pre-K Teacher of the Year in Georgia. Hines is a teacher at Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology in Atlanta, GA, the first public school in Dekalb County named for our…
We Need More Black Male Educators Running for City Council!
We don’t just need more Black males in the classrooms—we also need them running for public office. Recently inspired by Davion Lewis, local Metro Atlanta educator, running for City Council Ward A in the City of East Point, I decided to do a call to action to fellow Black male educators who want to impact the community outside of the…
Let’s Help Our Students Expand Their Minds!
Jarrod Carter, a new staff member at 7 Pillars Career Academy, is seeking our help in equipping his Health Education Class with additional resources. Being among the 2% of Black male educators in America, I find his ask something that needs to be supported. We too often don’t have quality educators standing in front of our students. Let alone quality,…
Derrien Dennis is Making School a Safe Place for Black Boys
Most K-12 Black male educators are in administration or secondary education. However, there are growing numbers of Black men who are working in elementary schools. Black boys need to see positive reflections of Black men in classrooms during their early development. A fellow Black male teacher in Georgia, Derrien Dennis, is seeking additional funding to make his classroom a safe…