Check out our colleague Andrew Moore’s blog post on the National League of Cities Blog: Education Re-engagement Centers Spreading. Andrew’s post focuses on thirteen new re-engagement centers that opened this past week in Los Angeles, CA. These new centers are a collaboration between the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Unified School District, and community-based organizations. Read the whole post on CitiesSpeak.org.
Building Bright Futures (BBF), a local non-profit organization serving the Omaha area, seeks an experienced professional to join its team as a full-time Youth Academic Navigator (YAN) for the D2 Center|Directions Diploma (D2 Center). The individual selected must be bilingual (Spanish) and will be responsible for working with high-risk, high school-age youth as well as professionals in school districts and community-based organizations in Douglas and Sarpy County. The person will join the BBF D2 Center team to engage disconnected youth and keep them on the pathway toward a high school diploma.
Update May 2013: René no longer works at the D2 Center. Good luck in your new endeavors, René!
The D2 Center will be participating in a special screening and discussion presented by the League of Women Voters of Greater Omaha. Patriocracy is “a new documentary that drills down to the roots of political polarization and offers sound solutions to move beyond it.” Following the film is a discussion led by former U.S. Representative John Cavanaugh (D) and political advocate John McCollister (R).