READING MATERIAL, VIDEOS, ETC.
COLLECTIVE IMPACT
Collective Impact is a type of collaboration that's changing the way cities tackle issues. Watch this short video by FSG's Collective Impact Forum brings it to life.
EDUCATION RELATED READING MATERIAL & RESOURCES
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Educating All God’s Children: What Christians Can - and Should - Do to Improve Public Education for Low-Income Kids by Nicole Baker Fulgham (Brazos, 2013)
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Give Me Strength: Personal Prayers for School Teachers by Sharon Harris-Ewing (Pilgrim Press, 2013)
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How It’s Being Done: Urgent Lessons from Unexpected Schools by Karin Chenoweth (Harvard Education Press, 2009)
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The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way by Amanda Ripley (Simon & Schuster, 2013)
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Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools by Pedro Noguera and Jean Yonemura Wing (Jossey-Bass, 2008)
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Experiencing Public Schools: A Process of Immersion and Discernment (article)
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TEACHED (link)
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CHURCH-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS - KEYS TO SUCCESS (article)
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HOPE FOR EVERY CHILD - STORY (link)
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Prayer Walk Guide for your community school - by Steve Hawthorne (article)
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Do you know the statistics of your local school(s)? Click HERE to find out now.
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POVERTY RELATED READING MATERIAL & RESOURCES
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Matched Emergency Savings: Transformance offers matched emergency savings (up to $25/month/person. Look for the AIM page under SERVICES at www.transformanceusa.org. This is a great entry point into matched savings as well as the 3-pronged path to financial stability
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Mayor's Task Force On Poverty - "As this report makes clear, the poverty numbers for Dallas are staggeringly high, but we are confident that the report will provide a road map for our community to create a systemic approach to ameliorate poverty in our City." {Mark Clayton & Regina Montoya}
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RACIAL UNITY RELATED RESOURCES
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