Photo Credit: American Promise Directed by Joe Brewster & Michèle Stephenson
Sun 2/22 – Tue 2/24
CMSD has recently partnered with the Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights-University Heights school districts to sponsor the Promises Kept Project (Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and Life.) The project consisted of the screening of the documentary “American Promise,” in addition to subsequent meetings with students and educators.
The project helped to evoke conversations on closing the African-American male achievement gap as well as practical strategies for parents. Guest speaker Hilary Beard, co-author of “Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life,” led a Q & A at Shaker Heights High School after the screening.
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