Beyond the Bricks | Raising Educational Awareness

The Schott Foundation just released their 2010 Schott 50 State Report on Black Males in Public Education entitled Yes We Can

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National Community Engagement Campaign

Produced by Washington Koen Media, Beyond the Bricks is a documentary film project and national community engagement campaign created with the goal of promoting solutions for one of America’s critical problems in education: the consistently low performance of black males in school. The film includes commentary from some of the country’s foremost leaders, experts and scholars focused on black boys and their education including Newark Mayor Cory Booker, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and Schott Foundation President Dr. John Jackson, among others.

While our national community engagement campaign centers on young black males, our primary objective is to reach the influential members of these boys’ communities to stimulate deeper involvement in their lives. We will bring together educators, community leaders, policymakers, parents and students to promote positive communication, and to create solution-based action around the problems black male students are facing. Beyond the Bricks will launch Town Hall events in 10 communities that have been identified primarily by their struggling graduation rates for black males beginning in Jackson, MS.


Town Hall Date, City, & Location
September 18 Jackson, MS Tougaloo College
October 2 Oakland, CA Allen Temple Baptist Church
October 9 Baltimore, MD Morgan State University
October 16 Atlanta, GA Morehouse College
October 23 Detroit, MI Detroit Public Library
October 30 Chicago, IL University of Chicago
November 6 Philadelphia, PA Community College of Philadelphia
November 13 Milwaukee, WI University of Wisconsin Milwaukee TBC
November 20 Boston, MA Wheelock College

New Orleans, LA TBA


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