Leaving No One Behind

Leaving No One Behind: How Education Moved an African American Family from the Fields of Poverty to Living the American Dream will share the following:Good interpersonal family communication being the most important aspect when trying to reach agreements as to how to get the resources to fund college educationHow successful African American families who themselves have used the "bootstrap" philosophy to escape poverty are encouraged to reach back and provide assistance to struggling young studentsExamples and evidence that by earning a college education, one can overcome their poverty statusThe role and importance of the community church, in many ways, when considering college education