Pictures from 2011 POCC

http://video214.com/play/bLGGyI14WpBV8w8PPA7a0w/s/dark

The White House Project

Former SGS Development staff member now President of the White House Project, Tiffany Dufu. Listen to her presentation, "Pathways to Non-Profit."

http://youtu.be/kzs1BhSxYS0

... and learn more about The White House Project:

http://www.thewhitehouseproject.org/

Philadelphia Murals - Featured at POCC

Thanks to the City of Philadelphia’s “Mural Arts Program,” Philadelphia is truly “The City of Murals.” As John and I walked around the city, I was struck by "Philadelphia Muses" - among others. You can clearly see the connection to the work of POCC and part of the conference theme, Painting Our New Mural of Community!

Enjoy!

http://www.phillymuralpics.com/Welcome.html

Fellow blogger has great pics!!

Great pictures from fellow blogger -

http://dparkersch.tumblr.com/

POCC - Day 3

Closing Ceremony with Martin Nesbit

I love how one of my fellow bloggers describes the impact of his words - "it's personal."

http://midscribble.tumblr.com/post/13685832552/its-personal

POCC - Day 2

Day 2 was filled with networking. I was able to meet with outstanding educators from all over the country. While we expect minimal turn-over among our faculty for 2012-13, I believe that we must engage in on-going conversation with excellent teachers of color in order to diversify our candidate pool when the time comes for a search.

More excellent speakers that inspire with their personal stories:

Lorene Carey

Suzan Shown Harjo

POCC - Day 1

Day one of the conference had both a national and local PNW feel to it. The day was book-ended with inspirational speeches from Wes Moore and Patti Solis Doyle - not to mention Charles Blockson and Zohra Zarwari. It's like a three ring circus here, so I had to make some choices; but here are links to all of these remarkable people:

Charles Blockson

Zohra Zarwari

Patti Solis Doyle

I actually spent most of Day 1 much "closer to home" as I watched a screening of a remarkable movie, Why Us? Left Behind and Dying that represents the collaborative efforts of adults and young people on the critical issue of high rates of HIV in African-American communities.
I was moved by the film; and I was especially proud that our own Rosetta Lee sponsored the presentation and has helped in developing curriculum to accompany the project. I also attended a presentation by the Head of Lakeside School and several other administrators on how they have developed their professional development for faculty and staff over the past decade or so. There is much to be learned just down the street! And, frankly, our small school has accomplished some things that we need to share with other schools.

Tomorrow, I will be meeting with several representatives from Seattle schools who are interested in discussing possible ways to engage faculty of color from beyond our region in a concerted outreach effort. Stay tuned!

Please take a look at the film trailer above. We have several copies available to us at SGS. Until tomorrow!