Category: Education

Camron ~ Invest in a Young Poet

It’s my pleasure to introduce you to fledgling poet, Camron McDonald: the 13-year old son of my former Little Sister, Alette. (When she was ten years old, she and I were matched for eight years through Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Marin and we’ve stayed in touch.) Now I’m thrilled to work with Camron. Once a… Continue reading Camron ~ Invest in a Young Poet

~ #MyGivingStory ~ Asking for your VOTE

This coming Tuesday, November 28th is #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving started in 2012. For America I think of it as a peaceful protest against the commercial gluttony of Black Friday and Cyber Monday and a powerful way to kick off the charitable season. I serve as Co-Founder and Exec. Director of our small family… Continue reading ~ #MyGivingStory ~ Asking for your VOTE

Must-see Film ~ Screening in Albany, Georgia: Tuesday, 9/12/17

  Albany Civil Rights Institute Presents Award-Winning Civil Rights Documentary & Discussion Featuring Several Black Albanians, Filmmaker The Albany Civil Rights Institute will present an award-winning civil rights film, featuring multiple black Albanians, who fought on the front lines of the bloodiest campaign of the entire Civil Rights Movement.                   The Institute will present the hour-long… Continue reading Must-see Film ~ Screening in Albany, Georgia: Tuesday, 9/12/17

National Amnesia & Bipartisan Disorder

Anita’s Note ~ Come on people. Have we really forgotten that the same country that elected Barack Obama elected Donald Trump? And that country participated in the Middle Passage slave trade for 245 YEARS? And that same was the architect of what W.E.B. Dubois described as “the freedom to destroy freedom”? As a result our… Continue reading National Amnesia & Bipartisan Disorder

“We Shall Not Be Moved” ~ March On Washington 1963

America has been here before. Watch this video of the Freedom Singers that preeminent day 53 years ago. The Freedom Singers began in Albany, Georgia in 1962 during the Civil Rights Movement. From L-R: Charles Neblett (bass), Bernice Johnshon Reagon (alto) Cordell Reagon (tenor), unknown and Rutha Harris (soprano). This performance was at The March… Continue reading “We Shall Not Be Moved” ~ March On Washington 1963

And now…moving on…My letter to the Young Folk

I’m impressed with how you are engaged and involved with today’s political & social issues. I’m hopeful for America’s future because YOU are that future. And yet it breaks my heart to see you filled with stress at having to witness the moral degradation of late. Exhausted from the two-year fiasco we’ve endured we’re also… Continue reading And now…moving on…My letter to the Young Folk

Moving Forward ~ Giving Back

Today, December 11, 2015, my family celebrated the 66th anniversary of the birth of my sister, Betty Jean Jones. She died in a plane crash in Jan 1997. The Gaines-Jones Education Foundation —which my husband and I started 14 years ago —honors Betty’s and our parents’ memory. I want to share that news with you and invite… Continue reading Moving Forward ~ Giving Back

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A Path Appears ~ Series on PBS starts TONIGHT 10/9c

  Thanks to blog follower and friend, Cynthia Ladd-Viti, I just found out about this, so rushing to let you know. The four hour documentary, A Path Appears from Independent Lens—based on the stellar book by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn—starts tonight on PBS. Set those DVRs to record.   [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcHSWoMJF_Q?rel=0&w=560&h=315]