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AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH ACCESSING HIGHER EDUCATION WITH "E’s"
Empowering, Exposing, Engaging, Elevating, Embracing, Encouraging, Equipping
TADC received funding in the amount of $136,313.00 for a one-year program that allows us to bring together 11th grade Afircan American young men who are pre-collegiate, high-risk, economically disadvantaged, potential first-generation college students. The program provides the power of E’s (Empower, Expose, Engage, Elevate, Embrace, Encourage, Equip) to get these young men to think about, apply and attend college. TADC believes these young men are highly intelligent and are fully capable of appying their knowledge to a future that includes higher education. The program has provided college tours throughout the state of Texas as well as Alabama. The tours encompassed 4-year and 2-year institutions, team building ROPES exercises, family building and enrichment activities, a judicial forum that introduced them Dallas' District Attorney Craig Watkins, a weekend of science on the campus of Paul Quinn College and a host of continuing activities that will enhance their desire to attend and succeed in college.
This program has been sponsored and supported by corporate partner Verizon Wireless, who provided wireless internet access AirCards® and service for the 10 program laptops, The Dallas Housing Authority, who provided facilities and recruited students to participate in the program, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., who has provided male mentors for the program and TADC consortium member institution, Paul Quinn College, who provided facilities and staff for program activities. Fifteen of the program participants will be gifted with laptop computers beginning in September 2008.
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