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Concerned Parents of Color: Congress Considering Honor for 3rd Black Graduate of West Point --- Col. Charles Young

According to a Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (JBHE) article, Congress is considering making the home of Charles Young, a part of the National Park Service.  Cadet Charles Young graduated from West Point in 1889 and was the third Black to do so.  He eventually became the first Black to reach the rank of Colonel.

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Concerned Parents of Color: Surprising Six Figure Income Jobs --- Forbes

Want to know about jobs that you may not ordinarily consider, where the income can be six figures.  Checkout the link below

• Click this link to view the Forbes slideshow

Additional information can be found on the lead-in page for this topic

• Click this link to view the lead-in page

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Concerned Parents of Color: Initial BP oil spill cap results are promising

Several news reports indicate that the initial pressure readings are promising.  Click the links below to view brief videos related to recent events associated with the oil spill.

• BP Tests New Device to cap US oil leak  (Aljazeera  1m57s)
  

• BP Exec on Oil Stop: Celebration 'Wrong Word'  (AP  1m25s)
  

• All Eyes on Gulf Coast as Cap Appears to Halt Oil's Flow  (PBS News Hour  9m17s)
  

• Gulf Oil Leak Stopped  (ABC News  2m54s)
  

Praise God

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Concerned Parents of Color: Best Places To Live In America

On CNNMoney.com is a survey which supposedly identifies the best small towns in the USA in which to live.  Of the Top 100, four are in Massachusetts (#3 Newton,  #28 Waltham,  #39 Brookline,  #52 Weymouth).  I did not check  the criteria they used, however with figures such as the median family income and median home price in addition to other data, this can be both an eyeopener and informative for those who are just starting their working careers.

• Click this link to step through the Top 100

• Click this link to view a summary page of other Best Places

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Concerned Parents of Color: Get Caught Reading

"Get Caught Reading" (GCR), is a nationwide public service program to increase the awareness of the joy and benefits of reading for all.

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Concerned Parents of Color: Black 9th Grader Blazes New Surgical Technique

Tony Demarco Hanesberry II, a 9th grader at the Darnell Cookman High School for the Medical Arts, was a participant in a summer program at the University of Florida’s Center for Simulation Education and Safety Research, based at Shands Jacksonville, in which he received the opportunity to do a project in medical research.

Click this link to view video

With all the great hospitals and medical schools in our Massachusetts, why aren't there similar programs to this nearby.  After all we have fantastic hospitals & medical schools in Boston:  Mass General, Beth Israel, Brigham & Women's, Tufts Medical,  Children's, Harvard Medical School, BU Medical School, and Tufts Medical School. The same holds true for areas closer to MetroWest: Emerson, MetroWest Medical, plus Umass Memorial at Marlborough; and not forgetting those in Worcester: Umass Memorial Medical and Umass Medical School.  If the University of Florida is able to put together such a program, then our combination of hospitals and medical schools certainly should be able to build MULTIPLE  programS to foster our future doctors and other medical professionals.

Concerned parents, it is time to get busy!

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Concerned Parents of Color: Black Inventor --- Lonnie Johnson

Recently inventor Lonnie Johnson was featured by CNN to tell his wonderful story regarding his engineering and inventor success.

• As a high school student in the then segregated South, won first prize in a science contest by creating a robot
  
• NASA JPL engineer
• Inventor of the SuperSoaker
• Holder of over 100 patents
• Now blazing new trails in energy

Click this link to view the CNN video

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Men's Christian Fellowship: How You Can Be a 2010 Golf Classic Sponsor

In addition to playing golf there is another way to for you

as an individual or a business to support the 2010 GFCC Golf Classic.

YOU CAN BE A SPONSOR

Please click this link to view our sponsorship opportunities.

Please remember that this tournament is the one event that funds our College Scholarship and Grant program.

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Concerned Parents of Color: Record African-American Class at West Point

An article in the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (JBHE) indicates that the 2010 freshman class at West Point Military Academy (graduating in 2014) contains the largest number ever of African-American cadets at 126.

• Click this link to view the JBHE article

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Concerned Parents of Color: HomeWork Newsletter July 2010

Click this link to view the newsletter

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