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Black Bloggers For Education

By Kevin ⋅ 7 October, 2008 at 11:13 pm ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

As I wrote the other day, I’m participating in the DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge ‘08. Several AfroSpear members and other black bloggers have now grouped together and we have our own Black Bloggers for Education group. Please check out either the page or my widget on the far right sidebar and consider donating to a worthy educational cause. The projects that I’m choosing are focused on literacy and arts education. Any amount helps these kids out.

DonorsChoose.org is a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack. At this not-for-profit web site, teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn. These ideas become classroom reality when concerned individuals, whom we call Citizen Philanthropists, choose projects to fund.

Proposals range from “Magical Math Centers” ($200) to “Big Book Bonanza” ($320), to “Cooking Across the Curriculum” ($1,100). Any individual can search such proposals by areas of interest, learn about classroom needs, and choose to fund the project(s) they find most compelling. In completing a project, donors receive a feedback package of student photos and thank-you notes, and a teacher impact letter.

I’m particularly happy today. One of the proposals that I chose to hi-light and draw support for was the Inspiring African American as Class Role Models project. Until today, there were no donors, but I’m happy to say that today an A Slant Truth reader donated $100 to the project. They are now that much closer to reaching their goal. My most heartfelt thanks goes out to the reader and any other readers who decide to donate.

Here are the current bloggers working together under Black Bloggers for Education. Check ‘em out.

T.A. Negro’s Good Karma Challenge (The Assimilated Negro)
SES: Science, Education & Society (SES: Science, Education & Society)
BDPA Foundation (BDPA Foundation)
Jack & Jill Politics (Jack & Jill Politics)
Springer’s Journal (Springer’s Journal)
Fackin Truth Blog Friends (Fackin Truth Blog)

See also, the Blogher Giving Group (Blogher.com)

Ok, now let’s do this, y’all!

Tags: Black Bloggers for Education, DonorsChoose.org