Where we go from here

Through Stand for Children’s efforts to help parents to advocate for their children’s educational success, I have had the great privilege of getting to know hardworking parents all across the country with inspiring stories. Reflecting on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and how it profoundly affected the New Orleans’ public school system, I wanted to share with you the story of Roshand Miller, a proud mother of three school-age children who… Read More
In Praise of My City, and My Students: One New Orleans Educator Marvels Over a Decade of Progress.

August 29, 2005 is a date I will remember for the rest of my life. I personally lost a lot, but also discovered a new sense of resilience and determination. Just two days earlier, I was one of 100 Edna Karr High School coaches and students who were huddled together in New Orleans, learning that our first football game of the season would be canceled due to a storm in the Gulf… Read More
Building a Movement for Black Male Achievement

This weekend distinguished gentleman wearing crimson and cream will flood the streets of The Crescent City as the New Orleans Alumni chapter welcomes the 82nd Grand Chapter Conclave Celebration of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. The weekend kicked off with what David Johns, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans called the most important conversation of the weekend. While others called it, One of the most relevant… Read More
All parents want our children to succeed; we want to give them every opportunity…

It is my sincere belief that as parents we are our children’s first teachers. In that space, it is our job to intimately know what academic setting would garner the most success for them and as parents we are empowered to make that choice. We must be an advocate, by researching, finding and guiding them through that avenue. I am the mother of four very different vivacious spirits that engage and understand… Read More
Imagining a World

The Contemporary Art Center’s Summer Arts Camp is a place where children come to learn and experiment and try new things in the realm of visual art, culinary, dance, theatre, film, and music. This summer’s theme is “Imagining a World.” On the third floor is the visual arts classroom. The door is giant and white, like a heavenly gate propped open just for us, just for the children, and just for art…. Read More