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EDUCATION
Creating strategies for a secure future.
Urban League Twin Cities works to advocate for an educational experience that best prepares students and the families that support them, to become ready for success as capable and inspired persons. Direct programming, policy analysis, advocacy, and collaboration with others characterize our work on behalf of our constituency to the benefit of all.
Education
Urban League Twin Cities works to advocate for an educational experience that best prepares students and the families that support them, to become ready for success as capable and inspired persons.
Direct programming, policy analysis, advocacy, and collaboration with others characterize our work on behalf of our constituency to the benefit of all.
Minnesota Equity in Action Framework
A publication that promotes equitable power relationships for education excellence.
It is our hope that stronger bonds between schools and communities will be built through shared power and partnerships that promote healthy and dynamic outcomes for our children.
It is our hope that stronger bonds between schools and communities will be built through shared power and partnerships that promote healthy and dynamic outcomes for our children.
This project is supported by a joint initiative between the National Urban League, the Council of Great City Schools, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and funded by The Wallace Foundation.
BLACK GEMS -College & Career Readiness: Preparing a New Generation For Success
Our distinction is (1) the conduct and emphasis of the HBCU tour experience. Kids are encouraged to “see themselves there” via several exercises, (2) the Black Gems program focuses on social/emotional learning preparing them for success in whatever post-secondary path they choose, (3) our work leads students to building interconnectivity with others through building their own self-awareness and exercising it through intercultural relationships that are healthy and affirming for all, (3) we advocate for shared power relationships in education and among educators who are responsible for teaching students and insuring education meets world standards/parents and families that shepherd students, and the community that holds them.
Black Gems Meet:
- In MINNEAPOLIS, every THURSDAY 5pm-7pm – Urban League Twin Cities – 2100 Plymouth Avenue North, Mpls. MN 55411 (November 9, 2023 to May 2, 2024)
- In ST. PAUL, every MONDAY 4:30pm-6:30pm – St. Paul Location, 375 Selby Avenue, St. Paul MN 55102 (November 6, 2023 to April 29, 2024)
Are you a high school student interested in building skills for success in high school, college, career and beyond? If so, BLACK GEMS is for you. This program helps prepare 9-12 grade students for the college experience. We integrate academic skill building with life-skill development and college culture awareness. Seniors may be paired with a mentor who will help them through their freshman year of college.
Black Gems offers students:
- Opportunity to engage Black students from a variety of schools
- Life skills training
- Financial literacy
- Support to increase reading comprehension
- Social and emotional learning covering topics such as peer pressure, developing a support system and coping through transitions
- Help with the college application essays, admission process and scholarship tips
- Springtime tour of HBCUs and civil rights sites
When: Thursdays, from 4:00-6:00 pm beginning September 29, 2022 thru April 27th, 2023. Saturday computer classes currently in development.
Where: Urban League Twin Cities, 2100 Plymouth Avenue North – Minneapolis, MN 55411 (Fully vaccinated students can meet in person.)
The annual fee-based tour of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) will be based on the status of the pandemic.
For additional information, contact Black Gems Program Manager, John Stephens at 612-302-3114 or jstephens@ultcmn.org
EDUCATION
Urban League Twin Cities advocate for an education experience that best prepares students, and the families that support them to become ready for success.