Surrounded by children as he told stories of Black empowerment, D.S. Kinsel posed a question to an audience outside the Homewood-Brushton YMCA. “Who is raising all these smart Black children?” Kinsel asked. A group of mothers standing nearby excitedly shot their hands into the air. The Pitt organization PRIDE, an acronym that stands for Positive.
On Tuesday, July 19, and Wednesday, July 20, the Fred Rogers Institute will host a virtual symposium designed to help educators apply the life and work of Fred Rogers into