Greetings! 

Kinetics is excited to launch our new pilot program www.ParentConnect.co. The goal of ParentConnect.co is to improve student academic achievement and parent involvement at Edmondson Heights Elementary.

ParentConnect.co provides support, information and resources for parents and educators to facilitate collaboration and good working relationships for student success.  ParentConnect.co will also offer Culturally Relevant Events & Field Trips, Parent & Faculty Workshops and afterschool programs.

We are currently working with the School Improvement Team to host David Miller on November 16, 2010. The theme for the evening is Generation at Risk?

David C. Miller, M.Ed. is the co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer of the Urban Leadership Institute, LLC, (www.urbanyouth.org) a social enterprise that focuses on developing positive youth development strategies. ULI provides strategic planning, professional development, positive youth development concepts and crisis management services.


For more information about ParentConnect.co email me @ info@kineticnet.org


In love & service,

Jamye Wooten
Kinetics

Social Justice in Education:
Understanding and Responding to the Achievement Gap 

Dr. Pedro A. Noguera 

 

Monday, November 1

7:00 p.m., Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

McGuire Hall

Loyola University Maryland

 

To reserve seats, call us at 410-617-5550. For "Where to Park," use the general parking information flyer that is attached with this announcement; or email Ms. Allison Anthony at alanthony@loyola.edu.



The Beyond the Bricks Project of Baltimore, presents its FIRST community education program at Morgan State University on Friday November 12.

 

Noted psychiatrist, Dr. Frances Cress Welsing will discuss the need for understanding how racism as a system undergirds the education of Black people on a global level. Her book The Isis Papers: Keys to the Colors, one of the bestselling books by a Black author of all time is a must read for anyone working with children in public school systems.

 

This lecture is free and open to the public

 

WHEN: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010

 

WHERE: MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY CHAPEL, 4307 Hillen Road

 

TIME: 7:00 PM (doors open at 6:30 and seating is limited)

 

COST: FREE

 

For further information:

 

CALL: 443-885-4800 or email stacie.jharris@yahoo.com, or rwinbush@usit.net


Bmorenews.com Interviews Delegate Jill P. Carter


Delegate Carter speaks with Bmorenews.com about education, political accountability (or lack thereof), and minority business.

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 ... You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell. (Isaiah. 58:12)
 
Kinetics mission is to develop new ideas that work to strengthen social movements within the African-American community; providing them with the tools and skills to pursue justice and better address the needs of those whom they serve. 
 
Kinetics is a project of Fusion Partnerships, Inc. 

 

 
Kinetics and our allies will host Youth Justice Sunday, October 31, 2010 on the site of the proposed $100 Million Youth Jail.
If your church or organization would like to endorse Youth Justice Sunday  please contact us @ info@kineticnet.org

You can also connect with us on FACEBOOK @ Stop Martin O'Malley's Youth Jail

Call the governor (410)974-3901. Sign the electronic petition . If you would like to volunteer, contact me @ info@kineticnet.org

 Please join us for Prayer, Worship and Justice

 

Youth Justice Sunday Endorsers

Dr. Karen Bethea, Set the Captives Free Outreach Center

Rev. Heber Brown, III, Pleasant Hope Baptist Church

Rev. Kevin Brooks, Gethsemane African Methodist Episcopal

Pastor Ronald Covington, Hope Community Ministries

Rev. Frances Toni Draper, Freedom Temple AME Zion

Rev. Dr. Al Hathaway, Union Baptist Church of Baltimore

Pastor Danita Abrams, True Redemption Ministries International Church

S. Maxine Johnson, Redeeming Word Praise & Worship Center Church

Min. LeVar A. Jones, City Youth Leaders Network

Rev. Eric King, New Life UMC in Baltimore

Rev. Lester Agyei McCorn, Pennsylvania A.M.E. Zion

Bishop Douglas Miles, Koinonia Baptist Church in Baltimore

Pastor Kinji Scott, My Father's House of Baltimore City

West Baltimore Clergy United

Algebra Project

Baltimore ANSWER Coalition (Act Now To Stop War And End Racism)

Baltimore Citizens for Positive Change

Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle

Sister to Sister, Inc.

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"The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood."
-Martin Luther King Jr., "Strength to Love"