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🇺🇸As you celebrate this #IndependenceDay, introduce your children to these lesser known #AmericanHeroes: ⭐️Alice Coachman - Gold Medalist Leaping to Victory ⭐️Robert Smalls - Courageous Statesman and Man of Radical Grace ⭐️Benjamin Banneker - Revolutionary Scientist &…
Are you in the #DMV area and need a #Summer field trip idea for your kids? 🗺A group of students from The Piney Woods School (@PWS1909 ) –the oldest, still-operational black boarding school in the nation– recently visited the #FrederickDouglass Statue at the @UofMaryland & the…
You may be wondering: what is Voices of Black Mother's United (VBMU)? 💭 VBMU is a Woodson Center Initiative that empowers Black mothers, family members, and community partners to voice their opinions and to heal our communities through family advocacy, community intervention,…
For more than four decades, the Woodson Center has championed ordinary heroes who, by their grit and grace, restore hope to neighborhoods across our nation. This is more than an anniversary. It’s a moment to celebrate what’s been accomplished—and to envision, together, what’s…
I had the joy of doing a #Facebook live for our Community Affiliate Network. It was nice to share some nuggets of wisdom from my 44 years of service to the least of these. Our CAN affiliates are community-based leaders who are solving America’s most challenging social problems…
New #Americanheroes animated story🎥 Learn about the trailblazing Opera impresario Mary Cardwell Dawson, whose leadership skills and passion for opera paved the way for hundreds of Black performers to launch or expand their musical careers. youtu.be/gGqcCcB2Hps?si… Special thanks…
SPOTLIGHT: Project Reclaim's Youth Leadership Academy’s Summer Program is in full swing! This safe and vibrant environment offers youth activities that include Project Reclaim TV, Ascend Math online math skills development, reading activities, service learning projects, arts and…
“Our kids can escape the vicious cycle of fear, anger, and violence in which so many of them are trapped — but they need our help." After losing her son CJ to homicide, VBMU Regional Lead Jessica Barnes turned her grief into action, & believes parents are the key to breaking the…
#FREEWEBINAR || Mark your calendars 🗓for a free Woodson Center webinar, August 5 from 7-8 pm ET. #Register for free here (space is limited): us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… The Woodson Center’s Black History and Excellence series features 55 lessons about more than 2 dozen lesser-known…
Planning a #4thofJuly picnic & need an activity for the kids? Inspire and entertain young minds– one page at a time– w/ our #BlackHistory and Excellence Coloring Book. woodsoncenter.org/project/black-… Our Coloring Book is a compilation of all of the coloring pages from our K-8…
In celebration of #Juneteenth, aka #FreedomDay, enjoy this heartfelt message from our Executive Vice President Will Crossley, President of @PWS1909. Happy Juneteenth from all of us at the #WoodsonCenter! 💛 ❤️ 💚 🖤
"[The] prerequisite to addressing #poverty is a revitalization of values and vision that dedicated, faith-inspired neighborhood leaders can, uniquely, engender." - @BobWoodson
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Looking for a #screenfree #summer activity that is both engaging and educational for kids? 💻🚫 Check out our FREE #BlackHistory & Excellence Coloring Book available for #download on our website! 🖍️ Download here: woodsoncenter.org/project/black-…
#SAFESUMMER Our VBMU mothers believe summer should be a fun, carefree, innocent time for all kids. This is not the case for many youths who depend heavily on the resources & security provided during the school year. When home is not always safe, they seek belonging elsewhere, &…
🇺🇸Our American Heroes animations have EXCEEDED 500K views on @YouTube! 📚Based on our free K-12 Black History & Excellence curriculum, help kids discover the inspiring stories of men & women like Robert Smalls, Bessie Coleman, Benjamin Banneker, Alice Coachman, and Bass Reeves,…
"We are equal because we are human." – Janice Rogers Brown, former US Court of Appeals judge [A Pathway to American Renewal Symposium] Order RWB Vol II: a.co/d/5vTcB6S
Clemmie Greenlee, our VBMU lead in Tennessee, has a room in her home for individuals experiencing #homelessness, offering them a safe place to stay for 30 days. She helps them find #employment, and if they secure a job, she extends their stay for another 30 days to support their…
