Raising and Educating Black Boys

Classrooms and education

Classrooms and educationOctober 8, 2014 – Segment 2

Listen to our discussion about the complexities, challenges, and joys of raising and educating boys. With: Jack Pannell, founder of Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys, a Baltimore City Public Charter School scheduled to open in 2015; Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, Associate Professor of American Studies at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and co-editor of Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair/Body Politics in Africana Communities; and educator David Banks, President and CEO of the Eagle Academy Foundation, founding principal of the Eagle Academy for Young Men in the Bronx, and author ofSoar: How Boys Learn, Succeed, and Develop Character.

David Banks will be speaking about his book Soar: How Boys Learn, Succeed, and Develop Character, on Wednesday, October 8, 6:00pm, at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Museum, 1417 Thames Street in Baltimore. For more information and to RSVP, emailmjewsdouglassmyers@gmail.com.

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