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Black High School Students attending College What can it mean to The Memphis Metropolitan Area?
PRESENTER: JUAN GORDON, Sr. and Darrell Harrington
1. Families are successful 2. Communities ultimately Benefit
Ten Men One Mission
VisionEnriching the community by providing
safe, comfortable, and affordable
homes while strengthening families,
ensuring children attain higher
education and combating poverty!
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How can you Help?What does it take for students to attend HBCU
Colleges and Universities?
Role of the Community?
Financial burdens?
Who is being impacted by black students
not going to College?
What are your feelings about our children and educational achievement?
CHALLENGES
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National Statistics on High School Graduates
• 3 out of 10 Students – Nationally do not Graduate•In 1966 – The Graduation rate was 66 percent•In 2008 – The Graduation rate grew to @ 69 percent•School District rates Nationally are steadily rising
TIME
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National Variations in Statistical Data on High School Graduates
• Black Students have a current rate of approximately 50 to 65 percent• The gap between whites and black range between 11 to 12 percent
Some HBCU’s such as Alcorn State University is now focusing resources on Freshman so that retention rates can continue to grow.
Number one Statistic that should concern all of the Memphis Communities is:
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Who is concerned about Fatherhood
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GovernmentCommunity
OrganizationsTen Good Men, LLC
Sources of Social Intelligence
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Program Design
Government
Economic/(How Organizations make an impact
Competition
Demographic
TechnologicalCultural/
Social adjustment
Information Sources Decision Support Decision Support
SystemsSystems
Data organized does Data organized does not mean anything if not mean anything if the we do make an the we do make an impact in our impact in our communities. It must communities. It must be presented and be presented and placed into a placed into a marketable format.marketable format.
Create a concern Create a concern among Memphis among Memphis CitizensCitizens
Host forums Host forums (Banquets/Plays/other (Banquets/Plays/other events)events)
Store and maintain the Store and maintain the ability to retrieved data ability to retrieved data viavia IntranetsIntranets ExtranetsExtranets
Program DesignProgram Design
Design a program around data Design a program around data collectedcollected
(Funding organizations have a (Funding organizations have a slight bias towards grass roots slight bias towards grass roots designed plans) designed plans)
Focused on events, trends in the Focused on events, trends in the environment, needs of theenvironment, needs of the
community, collaborations,community, collaborations, creating new partnerships, creating new partnerships, designing and implementing,designing and implementing, plans.plans.
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Business Plans Drives Business Research
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Organizational Mission
BusinessStrategies
BusinessDecisions
Organizational Goals
Hierarchy in the Organization
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Visionaries
Standardized Decision Makers
Intuitive Decision MakersPlanning for the Future of our Communities
Hierarchy moving forward
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Visionaries
Planning for the future of our Fraternity
Having a Vision
Implementation of VisionImplementation of Vision
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Visionaries
Planning for the future of our Fraternity
Having a vision
Achieving our
Goals
Information Value Chain
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Planning
Data Collection/ What information is out there
Community Acceptance/Implementation
DesigningA Successful Model
Decisions thatsupport Plans
Funding Sources
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CHALLENGES
1. Former relationships among Community organizations
and other proposed supporters
2. Keep the focus on the students in a friendly
environment
3. Learn to forgive each other and move on
"When you want what you've never had, you must be willing to do what you've never done."
4. How to manage financial burdens
Lessons we hope to influence in the Black Community
Lesson 1: What is a Healthy Community?
Lesson 2: The 3 C’s of our HBCU Program
We would like to improve Communication, Commitment, and Connection as the basis for a stronger educated community.
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Keys to a Successful Event?
Cash or in-kind contributions to assist in our Goals
Contributions of goods and services,
volunteer time, or donated space
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DRIVING FORCES
FINANCIALBeing able to purchase the goods and services of that class and sustain it.
EMOTIONALBeing able to choose and control emotional responses, particularly to negative situations, without engaging in self-destructive behavior. Shows itself through choices.
MENTALHaving the mental abilities and acquired skills (reading, writing, computing) to deal with daily life.
SPIRITUALBelieving in (divine) purpose and guidance.
DEFINITION OF RESOURCES
PHYSICALHaving physical health and mobility.
SUPPORT SYSTEMSHaving friends, family, and backup resources available to access in times of need. These are external resources.
RELATIONSHIPS/ROLE MODELSHaving frequent access to adult(s) who are appropriate, nurturing, and who do not engage in destructive behavior.
KNOWLEDGE OF HIDDEN RULESKnowing the unspoken cues and habits of a group.
DEFINITION OF RESOURCES
Short Interm LongParticipantFATHER Implemtn Plan RESP CitizensChildren EMOT Challenges 2 PARENTSMOTHER HEALING SELF WORTH 2 PARENT
Marriage CitizenAwareness TOGETHERNESS FAMILY
New TRADITIONSProgram
Development Ten Good Men FAM SustainGoals DEV FAMILIES
PolicySystemic Change MEASURABLE RESULTS
Global Cross-Cultural Awareness BENEFITS
Child Well-Being
SingleFamily Homes
System of CareCommunitySchoolsEmployersEducational InstChurchesGov.t
Parents
Gov’tEconmImpact
ResourcesTen Good
MenCommunity
PartnersHBCU’s
SchoolsBy-In
Leaders
ReportsPubs
Conf Pres.Leg Briefs
Comm FAMILY DEV
LocalChapter
Inputs ProcessActivities Participation
Outputs TargetPopulations
Outcomes
PURPOSE OF HBCU Forum
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HBCU EnvironmentCOMMUNITIES
FAMILIES ORGANIZATIONS
High School Students
INCOME
CHURCHES
TEN GOOD MEN and OtherCommunity Organizations
GOVERNMENT
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GRADUATION RATE PERCENTAGES BY ETHNICITY The national graduation rate for the class of 2008 was 71%. For white students the graduation rate was 78%. For African-American students nationwide the graduation rate for the class of 1998 was 56%. For Latino students nationwide the graduation rate was 54%.
GRADUATION RATES BY ETHNICITY
Where we are and where do want to go?
City Principal School District Graduation Rate (2003-04) Ranking
Mesa, Ariz Mesa Unified District 77.1% 1
San Jose, Calif. San Jose Unified 77.0% 2
Nashville Nashville-Davidson Co. School District 77.0% 3
Colorado Springs Colorado Springs School District 76.0% 4
San Francisco, Calif. San Francisco Unified 73.1% 5
Tucson Tucson Unified District 71.7% 6
Seattle, Wash. Seattle School District 67.6% 7
Virginia Beach Virginia Beach City Public Schools 67.4% 8
Sacramento Sacramento City Unified 66.7% 9
Honolulu, Hawaii Hawaii Department of Education 64.1% 10
Louisville Jefferson County School District 63.7% 11
Long Beach, Calif. Long Beach Unified 63.5% 12
Arlington, Texas Arlington ISD 62.7% 13
Memphis Memphis City School District 61.7% 14
San Diego, Calif. San Diego Unified 61.6% 15
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IMPORTANCE OF A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
Overview of where we are: Define a program model
Implement activities of interest in your local community
Utilize the Internet
Seek funding
Evaluate program
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WHERE DOES Furthering Education BEGIN
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Educational AdvancementEducational Advancement
STARTSSTARTS
WHENWHEN
ALL peopleALL people
REALIZE THATREALIZE THAT
IT TAKESIT TAKES
CommitmentCommitment
and the Community and the Community
To ensure SuccessTo ensure Success
Educating our students is a sledgehammer that obliterates every societal difference.
J. Gordon, Sr.
Thanks for your TIME
If TGM LLC., does nothing else by attempting to organize the HBCU Forum, we want each of you to remember it is not about you or me it is all about the Children.
Address: Website:TGM LLC www.tengoodmen.orgP.O. Box 750723Memphis, TN 38175Phone:1-866-753-5582 ext. *8667 30
RESOURCES1. High School Graduation Rates in the United States
REVISED APRIL 2002 from findings in the November 2001 report by Jay P. Greene, Ph. D.Senior Fellow and Research Associate, The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research with a foreword by Kaleem Caire, President and CEO Black Alliance for Educational Options
2. Most enrollment and diploma numbers were obtained from the Common Core Data (CCD) from the National Center for Education Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education.
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