Ratifies a no-cost agreement for My Other Brother to bring college mentors to Dewey Academy

My Other Brother will provide college-age Black men and women to mentor Black youth in the district through mentorship, workshops and cultural dialogue sessions. The goal is to strengthen the pipeline to college and build students' sense of belonging. The agreement runs October 3, 2022 to May 25, 2023 at no cost to the district, and the board is ratifying it after the fact.

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Vendor / partner: My Other Brother · Oakland, CA
Action: MOU or data sharing
Category: Classroom & academic programs
Term: Oct 3, 2022 – May 25, 2023
Schools: Dewey Academy
Funding: No Fiscal Impact
Vendor no.: 008018
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 22-2807 · agenda T.-36
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jan 17, 2023

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2022-2023 - No Cost by and between the District and My Other Brother, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide college black men and women to mentor underrepresented black youth in K-12 within the District, in particular the mentorship, workshops and cultural dialogue sessions will support the strengthening of the pipeline to college for K- 12 black youth and increase a sense of belonging and personal, academic, cultural identity development and professional development of District youth at Dewey Academy, for the period of October 3, 2022 through May 25, 2023, at no cost to the District.

History

Jan 11, 2023 Postponed to a Date Certain
Jan 17, 2023 Adopted on the General Consent Report

Also on the agenda: Jan 17, 2023

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