i was a know-it-all. all this other stuff and just getting my act together over the course of four years i was there really did help me. so knowing he didn t get his act together until his high school years really did help with that. and dr. quezada, with the students there in yonkers, do you see in the student body in yonkers little barack obamas, kids who are not quite there yet but could be if they have the right motivation? thank you, and i see them from kinder all the way through grade 12. many president obamas, i see in yonkers, and what the president is speaking about, we have given language to in yonkers. the mayor, mayor spano, dr. bostic. we lead the movement, and the idea is to create real social capital for these young people. let s not write them off in the tenth grade if they re not on the right path.
neighbor s child is my child, that each of us has an obligation to give every child the same change in this country. president obama launched my brother s keeper in an effort to bridge the persistent opportunity gaps for young men of color. more than six years later, it s still going strong, proving to be a lasting legacy of the obama administration. and now, joining in the conversation, are people who benefited from and participated in president obama s seminal program. jerron hawkins and a howard university undergrad, a double bison, i m told, christian r. johnson, member of the class of 2024 at howard university and dr. edwin m. quezada, head of yonkers public school in new york, launching in 2016. welcome, all.
have a duty to share that information. whatever i m getting and receiving, it s up to me as my brother s keeper to make sure that my brother is well. there is something we said when we talked earlier about the fact that what was terrific, i think it was you, dr. quezada, what is unique about my brother s keeper, what the students told you there are programs geared to the gifted students and hyper smart students and my brother s keeper is geared to everyone. talk a little bit about that, and also about the leadership demands of my brother s keeper. so, jonathan, here is what we know. young men of color are more likely to be suspended in school, less likely to graduate. okay? that is that type of data we need to change. we need to address the needs of every young man, every student in our schools. and in yonkers, the president s program, the former president s
NY Department of Education launches probe into Yonkers school principal who forced secretary to take raunchy pictures of her butt and receive sexts from her lover so her husband didn t discover them
New York s Department of Education is to investigate allegations an elementary school secretary was forced to take raunchy photos of her female principal
Gisselle Vasquez, 35, a Westchester County school worker, has claimed principal Evelina Medina, 42, made her take the raunchy photos during school
The photos were of Medina posing in a thong, to send to her lover
The pictures see the Yonkers principal posing in her office
The principal gave Vasquez her phone then proceeded to lower her pants to her ankles, turned around and exposed her buttocks in thong underwear and posed