WHAT WORKS! 2011
Back to School, Back to Work:
College Readiness for Young Black Men

A Convening for Educators and Practitioners

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

9:00am - 3:00pm

David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94704

What Works! is the Mitchell Kapor Foundation’s annual convening that highlights successful approaches used by our grant partner organizations and provides a forum for practitioners to network and strategize. 

This year’s convening focuses on the College Bound Brotherhood.  What Works! participants will learn from selected youth-serving practitioners and local educators about effective college-readiness strategies for young black men.  Presentations will be conducted by leaders from current College Bound Brotherhood grant recipients.

 9:00am                Welcome & Remarks

Justin Davis & Cedric Brown

                              Mitchell Kapor & Freada Kapor Klein

                              Kapor Foundation, San Francisco

9:30am                College Bound Brotherhood Overview                            

10:000am            Session I: Sponsorship     

Fund-raising and Friend-raising: Networking Leads to Both!

Regina Jackson, East Oakland Youth Development Center

The Gap is Closed: How Corporate Philanthropy Helped the Greene Scholars Program!

Debra Watkins, California Alliance of African American Educators, San Jose

10:50am                Break

11:00am                Ten Minutes for Tech:  Hansoo Lee, Magoosh

11:15am                Session II: Outreach in a Diverse Student Program

Creative Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Black Males

Cazzie Brown and Barbara Deggelman, Summer Search, San Francisco              

11:45am              Ten Minutes for Tech: Matt Munson, Acceptly                       

12:00pm              Lunch (Provided)

1:00pm               Ten Minutes for Tech: Brian Co, Logrado

1:15pm               Session III: Parental Involvement

Jacqueline Rushing and Michelle Goudeaux, Young Scholars Program, San Francisco

1:45pm               Break

1:50pm               Session IV: Balancing Academics & Sports

ASAP: Individualized Academic Mentoring for Scholar Athletes

Liz Butler Steyer, Mission High School, San Francisco

Athletics’ Role in College Access

                              Harold Pearson, Student Program for Academic & Athletic Transitioning,

                              McClymonds High School, Oakland

2:40pm               Closing

There is a registration fee of $20. Paid admission will also be available at the door ($20 - cash only).

The David Brower Center is easily accessible from the Downtown Berkeley BART station.  Parking is available at the Oxford Garage just below the David Brower Center. Enter on 2161 Kittredge St. between Shattuck and Oxford.

The Mitchell Kapor Foundation supports organizations that provoke social change in communities of color en route to equality. We provide financial resources and assist with efforts to galvanize a compelling force for social change.

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