When dreams emerge! Participant Wins Scholarship
Join us in celebrating Dreaming Out Loud, Inc. program participant Darryl Robinson and his recent achievement as a recipient of the Presidential Scholarship Award from Georgetown University. We first met Darryl as a rising senior during an interview for our program Project Dream Green, an environmental learning and work experience. Georgetown President John DeGioia congratulated [...]
Aya: Health and Wellness Market
On October 16th from 10am – 5pm a group of nonprofit organizations and small businesses will host AYA: An East of the River Health and Wellness Market. The event will take place at the Center for Green Urbanism, located just blocks from both the Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road Metro stations at 3938 Benning Road [...]
DOL: Promise Neighborhood DC
On Wednesday September 22nd, Dreaming Out Loud and partner organization Groundwork Anacostia River DC were notified of the award of a Promise Neighborhood Planning Grant to Cesar Chavez Public Policy Charter High School, whose application they are included in as collaborative community based organizations through Project Dream Green. Neighborhoods and organizations nationwide competed for the [...]
DOL a Changemaker?
On August 11th, Dreaming Out Loud submitted a project proposal called “What do We Reflect?: A Community Conversation” to Ashoka’s Changemakers program. The competition — called Strong Communities: Engaging Citizens, Strengthening Place, Inspiring Change — has the aim to identify innovative projects and ideas that engage citizens to steer change and build strong communities. Our [...]
Adinkra Symbol Reflection
Union College, located in the heart of Schenectady, New York, has been awarded several top honors in the category of “worst school-town relationship” in the past decade. However, recently, Schenectady has been seeing tremendous increases in size, population, wealth, and entertainment life. It is through this example that I will examine the Adinkra ethics symbol [...]
Disparity in Education
Last week, the Washington Post shed some light on the T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria. By several standards, T.C. Williams seems like a well-off American high school, an institution successful at pumping out college attendees. Not only does the school offer over twenty Advanced Placement courses and free laptops to every student, but 80% [...]
Educational Experience
As I am about to become a senior in college, it was difficult for me to look back over all the years of education to come up with the most powerful educational experience I have had. I attended Princeton Montessori School, a very small school, from kindergarten to 8th grade, and then a small private [...]
Cesar Chavez Fellows begin Term
Hey Folks! Many thanks to all of you who follow us! This week is an exciting week for us, as we have two 11th grade students from Cesar Chavez Public Charter School for Public Policy serving as Fellows with us (working 9am-5pm). They will return in June following a break for classes and exams for an [...]
Exec. Director Meets Dem. Leader Brazile
Democratic Party leader Donna Brazile urges Howard University students to serve, stating “…You will not get a letter of invitation to serve. Don’t try to find a title. It is not about you, but it is about us, our nation and our world.”
