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    ESI Update Week of March 10   Dear Principals, ESI Liaisons, and ESI team members, At the Liaison and Leadership meetings in January and February, we posed the question, “Where do we go from here?” Already we’ve seen some schools respond enthusiastically to that question, bringing together important stakeholders in their respective school communities to think and plan, not just for the next year and a half of ESI but beyond. The ESI Team will be visiting schools over the next couple months to support this important work and to assist schools as they finalize their summer and Year Three plans. We urge schools to Read More >

    ESI Update Week of March 3   Principals and ESI Team Members, Last week, President Obama announced “My Brother’s Keeper”, an initiative that will bring together businesses, elected officials, faith-based organizations, municipalities, philanthropic institutions, and communities to combat the numerous challenges that Black and Latino boys and young men face in this country. As the President said, “The group that is facing some of the most severe challenges in 21st century America is boys and young men of color…I believe the continuing struggles of so many boys and young men, the fact that too many of them are Read More >

    ESI Update Week of February 24   Welcome back Principals and ESI Team Members! On Thursday, February 27th there will be an ESI Young Men’s Gathering at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at 515 Malcolm X Blvd in the Langston Hughes Theater from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. It’s Halftime will provide the “Let’s Talk About Money” seminar to our young men. Based on the ESPN award winning “30 for 30” documentary Broke, founder and president Leonard Adams, who was born in Queensbridge public houses, one of NYC’s poorest neighborhoods, will lead an interactive discussion with the young men and Read More >

    ESI Update Week of February 10   Hello Principals and ESI Team members, During the last couple weeks, the ESI Team has met with ESI Liaisons, Principals, and Assistant Principals and we’ve heard some great stories about strategies and practices that are being implemented to increase the number of Black and Latino young men who will graduate ready to succeed in college and their career path. We’re excited and looking forward to see what the second half of the school year will bring! We also want to inform readers that we will not publish an Update for the week of February Read More >