Press Release New Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, Mr. David Johns

Press Release by The Youth Career Coach Inc. 

U.S. Department of Education announces the new Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, David Johns

Significantly improving the educational outcomes of African Americans

David Johns (ΚΑΨ), Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, along side Natascha F. Saunders (AKA), Founder of The Youth Career Coach Inc. and Doctor of Education Student, Northeastern University  (Photo:The White House by Tascha.2-27-13)

Washington, DC – on Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 – the U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the new appointment of David Johns, the new Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans.


The initiative will work with the President and agencies to identify evidence-based best practices to improve African American students’ achievement in school and college. It will build a network of people, grassroots organizations and communities to share those practices.

David Johns has served as a Senior Education Policy Advisor to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions under the Leadership of Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA). His policy portfolio includes issues affecting low-income and minority students; neglected youth and early childhood education; and Historically Black institutions. 

Arne Duncan, United States Secretary of Education, along side Natascha F. Saunders (AKA), Founder of The Youth Career Coach Inc. and Doctor of Education Student, Northeastern University  (Photo:The White House by Tascha.2-27-13)

Watch Mr. David Johns - give his acceptance speech...click middle of image above USE your Headsets for sound! 

Prior to his work in the Administration, Johns conducted research as a Mellon Fellow which served as a catalyst to identify, disrupt, and supplant deleterious perceptions of black males both within academia and society. Johns is committed to volunteer services and maintains an active commitment to improve literacy among adolescence minority males.

Johns obtained a Master’s Degree in Sociology and Education Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University graduating summa cum laude, while simultaneously teaching elementary school in New York. Johns graduated cum laude from Columbia University in 2004 with a triple major in English, Creative Writing and African American Studies.

Written by: Natascha F. Saunders, CEO?Founder of The Youth Career Coach Inc. | Doctor of Education student at Northeastern University

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The Youth Career Coach Inc. names Young Professional of the Month, February 2013

The YCC Inc. Young Professional for the Month of February 2013

Congratulations!!!! The Youth Career Coach Inc. names Young Professional of the Month, February 2013 Ms. Amber Clark, Miss Black Rhode Island 2013

 

 

The YCC Inc. Young Professional for the Month of February 2013


Amber is an IVY League education Med student at Brown University and holds the title of Miss Black Rhode Island 2013. In the picture it is I, Natascha, Miss Black Rhode Island '07 who crowned her.
Our Mission: Miss Black USA Pageant provides educational opportunities to outstanding young women of color and develops the "whole woman mind, body, and spirit. (We have no swimsuit.) We celebrate scholastic achievement. We average A/B GPA's across the board. The year I won, they paid for my MBA and sent me to West Africa, so I could serve as a Goodwill Ambassador.

Ask, I can share more about one of the very few organizations that supports black girls. http://www.missblackusa.org

 

Words are things, I am convinced

Maya Angelou:
“Words are things, I am convinced
You must be careful, careful about the words you use
Or the words you allow to be used in your house
In the Old Testament we are told in Genesis (actually it’s John 1:1)
That in the beginning was the Word
And the Word was God and the Word was with God
That’s in Genesis (John 1:1)
Words are things
You must be careful

Careful about calling people out of their names
Using racial pejoratives and sexual pejoratives
And all that ignorance
Don’t do that
Someday we’ll be able to measure the power of words
I think they are things
I think they get on the walls, they get in your wallpaper, they get in your rugs
In your upholstery, in your clothes and finally…
Into you”

BOSTON Invite: MBA & Masters Admissions Seminar 2/26

BOSTON Invite: MBA & Masters Admissions Seminar to be held on 2/26

 

MBA & Masters Admissions Seminar

Strengthening your application:

Where:            Suffolk University, Sawyer-133

When:              Tuesday, February 26, 1pm

Speaker:         Kevin Richard, MBA '91, Adjunct Professor, Suffolk University Sawyer Business School, Graduate Admissions Coach.

• The 7 application components & how they are weighted
• Letters of Recommendations: Who to ask, how to ask, what to provide when asking
• Resumes: Information you're probably missing
• Essays: Illustrating your strengths through story
• The Additional Essay: Describing things beyond your control and what you learned along the way.
• Interview preparation 

Sponsored by: Suffolk University Economics Club, International Business Club, Beta Alpha Gamma

 

Kevin Richard

Adjunct Professor, Suffolk University Sawyer Business School

Graduate Admissions Coachwww.gradadmissionscoach.com