“Educating Our Black Youth: A Community Responsibility” is the theme of a leadership summit scheduled for Friday, Feb. 13, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.
The Africana Studies Department and the Urban Education Collaborative, in partnership with the N.C. National Alliance of Black School Educators is conducting this event, which is free for UNC Charlotte faculty, staff and students. There is a $50 registration fee for the public; email africana_studies@uncc.edu or call 704-687-5161.
The summit starts at 8 a.m. with registration and continental breakfast. Speakers include Glenn Singleton, founder/president of Pacific Educational Group; Lucian Yates III, dean, Prairie View A&M University and author of “Learning Styles: Bebe’s Kids;” and Chance Lewis, the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Urban Education and director of the Urban Education Collaborative.