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Mr. Stephen,
This may be my first response to many e-mails i have received through AAM--and would like to point out that there are AAM members already volunteering to tutor math, as well as other areas of the Urban League.
thanks
Anina
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> From: Stephen Braunginn <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2004/05/28 Fri PM 01:38:04 GMT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: FW: Re: UPDATE: AAM'S AFRICA FEST 2004
>
> Ray: Before you make unwarranted claims about anyone "being asleep at
> the wheel," I invite you to learn what the Urban League of Greater
> Madison is doing to get at the root of these issues that you pinpointed
> as debilitating in the African American community. We have major
> programs that are attempting to get to the root of these problems, but,
> with the economy the way it is and with government scaling back funding,
> we've had to be highly selective in our targets. In other words, we
> cannot and will not pretend to be able to take on all of these. Perhaps
> AAM would be interested in tutoring in Madison middle schools to improve
> the math scores of these students so that they are prepared to
> successfully take Algebra 1 and Geometry in high school, which are
> determinants of students staying in school, thus reducing the drop out
> rate. Or, perhaps you could lend any talents you may have or others in
> AAM may have to assist us in our technology training centers, moving
> many people into jobs that pay a living wage and have health care
> benefits, which assist many to develop economically stable lives that
> lead to improvements in academic performance, low transiency, improved
> self esteem and gives hope for the future. Or volunteer to be a mentor
> for the teen moms we work with, giving them an adult with whom they can
> confide or seek help or tutoring or other ways that these moms need help
> in order to make sure that they stay in school, pass all her classes,
> move on to the next grade, graduate from high school and not repeat a
> pregnancy.
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> These are but only a few of the multitude of things the Urban League of
> Greater Madison does to get at the root problems in our community. We
> cannot do this alone, nor do we pretend we can. We have many volunteers
> but need more. We have many contributors, but most certainly need more.
> We can use AAM's help. We can use your help. Our clients could use your
> help.
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> Steve Braunginn
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> Stephen L. Higginbotham Braunginn
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> President/CEO
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> Urban League of Greater Madison
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> 151 E. Gorham St.
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> Madison, WI 53703
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> 608-251-8550
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> 608-251-0944-fax
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> We must come to see that the end we see is a society at peace with
> itself, a society that can live with its conscience...We must never give
> up.
>
> The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
>
> March 25, 1965, Address at the conclusion of the March from Selma
> to Montgomery, Alabama
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