Education

Education has long been an integral part of the struggle for justice in Greensboro. Fighting the false framing of the choice between integration and Black separatism, the Beloved Community Center is seeking to transform the current education system into one that is accountable to parents and the community, respects parental involvement and rights, treats all children fairly, uses educational approaches which honor diverse ways of learning, and incorporates multiple assessment methods.
In order to reach these goals, we are building and strengthening a base of parents, teachers, and committed community members to forge and effectively pursue an alternative vision for the education of children.

1. The Community Dialogue on Education meets every Tuesday at 7:30am at the Beloved Community Center during the school year. This coalition provides a space and atmosphere for open dialogue between all parties, including parents, students, teachers, administrators, and community leaders. In addition to facilitating open dialogue, the CDE is focused on forging a post-industrial model of participatory education and on building positive relationships with Latinos and other ethnic groups, while maintaining the black/white unity that has evolved over the last several years.

2. New Voices is a youth-centered and youth-led group operated out of the Beloved Community Center. It is a space for young people who are dedicated to social change to gather and discuss current events and community awareness as well as act to transform their communities.


For more information on the BCC's Education Working Group, please contact .

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by the Beloved Community Center

by Nancy McLaughlin

by James Lamar Gibson

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photographed by Arletha Jowers and Erica Mayo
photos taken on Oct. 21, 2008

On Tuesday, October 21, 2008, New Voice Youth Group hosted their second intergenerational conversation.  During the first conversation held in the month of September, the group discussed issues such as perceived generational gaps between elder and younger generations in the African-American community as well as education, economics, and community building.

The pertinence of the upcoming 2008 elections was the central focus of the second conversation. All were in agreement that the intergenerational dialogue must continue and that there is important community work that must be done now and post election time. 

photographed by Arletha Jowers
photos taken on Sep. 2, 2008

Arletha Jowers and Erica Mayo, coordinators of New Voices Youth Program hosted an Intergenerational Conversation on Tuesday, September 2, 2008.

photographed by Lewis Brandon
photos taken on Jun. 30, 2008

The Almighty Latino Kings and Queens Nation (also known as the Latin Kings Gang), the Beloved Community Center of Greensboro, area pastors and several African American and Latino community leaders held a media briefing on Monday, June 30, 2008, at 10:30 AM, at Faith Community Church to call for peace and unity in the work against racist injustice. Read more about the growing relationship between the BCC and the Latin Kings in the article "Sharing the table" or join in the conversation on our online discussion board.