#AfAmEdChat Twitter Virtual Roundtables Commemorate American Education Week 2013
The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans hosted a weeklong series of virtual roundtables November 18th – 22nd, using the Twitter platform to commemorate American...
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#AfAmEdChat Discusses President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative
This Thursday, from March 20, 2014 from 12-1pm EST the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans will host its next installment of #AfAmEdChat. This edition will focus on...
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Meet our Summer 2015 Interns
Bakar Ali, NYU Bakar Ali is a Masters of Public Administration student at Robert F.Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. He did his undergraduate studies at...
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Have the Courage: A Conversation about African American Mental Health
By: Lauren Mims I will never forget my experience working as a Mile 22 Hydration Station volunteer at the Boston Marathon when bombs exploded at the finish line. I can still picture the chaos that...
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White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans...
Pictured – Students and panelists who participated in the #AfAmEdfilms launch On September 21, nearly 100 high school students from Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia gathered at the White House...
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Afro-Latin: The Many Faces of Black America
**Cross posted from the US Department of Education Homeroom Blog Growing up in a family of immigrants is a special experience shared by many Americans. As a child of Costa Rican and Jamaican...
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Love At First Sight: Rethinking School Discipline
The Dignity in Schools Week of Action Panel. In the context of school discipline, in my experience, students have regularly shared their pain and frustration of not being able to connect the discipline...
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See Some World: African Americans and Study Abroad
The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans has had amazing interns and fellows with a diversity of experiences and backgrounds. Below, please find the start of an...
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Following an historical federal agency convening of Black women and girls to address challenges faced in schools and communities, the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African...
View ArticleAfAmWomenLead: Commitment to Serve
The 2016 African American Women Lead (AfAmWomenLead) Initiative’s Commitment to Serve is underway! AfAmWomenLead invites organizations, individuals, and institutions to get involved. To join the...
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