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NAACP
Annual Dinner 2007 |
GNEABSE Treasurer Dr. Eddie Davis addresses
Susan Davis and Donna Liebman listen to
Susan Davis and GNEABSE president
the annual dinner of the Hartford NAACP
Dr. Davis' wisdom
Charlene Tate-Nichols listen to Dr. Davis' address
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2006
Fostering Life-Long Healthy and Successful Educational Experiences for Black
Children
Guest
Speaker: Dr.
Jawanza Kunjufu, an
educational consultant with
African-American Images and a
national lecturer with over thirty different workshops, addressing
national and state organizations, students, parents, teachers, and community
residents; in pre-schools elementary schools, high-schools: colleges and
churches.
Sponsors:
GNEABSE, African American Affairs
Commission and the Foundation for Educational Advancement, Inc.
Location:
Connecticut Legislative office
Building – 300 Capitol Avenue – Hartford, CT
Date and Time:
April 27, 2006 - 5:30pm
-7:00pm
Donations
from this event will be contributed to the GNEABSE Scholarship Fund.
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2005:
1ST Annual Lou
Irvin
Education Scholarship AwardsReception
June 16, 2005 at the Connecticut Historical Society Scholarship of $1,000
each awarded to:
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Christina Green,
Junior in Central CT State University &
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Amber Monahan,
Junior, University Of Hartford
Keynote Speaker: Ms Anitra Woodard, GNEABSE member &
most recent recipient
of the Milken Family Foundation
National Educator Award
Annual GNEABSE Retreat:“GNEABSE: The Past, The
Present and Its Future
– Where Do We Go From Here?”
Facilitator: Ida Jones of
Rochester, NY
Dolce Heritage, Southbury, CT
June 17 -18, 2005
6th Annual Educational Conference “Reducing The Barriers To Learning”
Two Rivers Magnet Middle
School, East Hartford
Keynote Speaker: Glenn Singleton
October 22, 2005
Hosted Youth Rights Media
Hiram Rivera
Central Connecticut State University
December 3, 2005
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2004
5th Annual
Educational Conference
“3E’s: Education, Economics and Election”
Wexler-Grant Community
School, New Haven
Keynote Speaker: State Representative William Dyson
October 24, 2004
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2003
Hosted National Alliance of Black School Educators North East Regional Educators “No Child Left Behind” Training
(NCLB) session
Capital Community College
May 17, 2003
Presented during the Waterbury Board of Education
meeting on behalf of
Superintendent Dr. David Snead,
requesting Contract Renewal.
May 2003
Sponsored the First
Connecticut African American
Pioneers in Education Reception -
Recognizing educators
from across the state who were/are the first to hold
an
educational position in their perspectives school district,
i.e. first
teacher, first administrator, first superintendent, etc.
Travelers Towers Auditorium, Hartford
June 21, 2003
Annual GNEABSE Retreat:
“How Excellent Teachers Maintain Quality Education
During Tough Times”
Presenter: Dr. Edward Joyner, Executive Director of the
School Development
Program, Yale
Facilitator: Dr. Frances Harris-Burke, President
– Bell School Reform
Network, McLean, VA
June 27-29, 2003
Teacher Cadet Training
co-sponsored with the State of Connecticut, Dept.
of Education, Commissioner
Ted Sergi.
Eight Connecticut teachers of color and 2 college
professors received
Teacher Cadet curriculum training
from the South Carolina Center for Teacher
Recruitment,Winthrop University, Rock Hill, S.C. The purpose of this
training is to allow high school students to take a course,
which offers
first hand experience in the field of education,
while also earning college
credit.
July 9-12, 2003
Parental Advocates for
the Education.
Formed a partnership with the NAACP and the
Connecticut State Department of
Education that
provided training for parents that would empower
parents to
become more proactive in their child’s education.
September 2003 - Ongoing
Hosted National Alliance of
Black School Educators
North East Regional Educators “No Child Left Behind”
Training
the Trainers session Persons were trained to
provide community and school
training that would help
others understand the educational impact of No
Child Left Behind.”
October 18, 2003
4th Annual Educational Conference
"Maintaining The
Whole Educator”
Wexler-Grant Community
School, New Haven
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Gwendolyn Webb-Johnson
– Special Education at the
University of Texas in Austin, TX
October 18, 2003
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2002
Development of the GNEABSE Position Paper
Facilitator: Dr. Eddie Davis
June 2001 – May, 2002
Annual GNEABSE Retreat: “Advancing High Black Student Achievement: Part II – What’s Next After
the Data?”
Presenter: The late Dr.
Barbara Sizemore, Chicago, IL Professor, DePaul University
Facilitator: Dr. Gail Nordmoe, New London Public Schools
June 26-28, 2002
3rd Annual Educational Conference
T.E.A.M – “Together Everyone Achieves More”
Career Magnet High
School, New Haven, CT
Keynote Speaker: Erik Cork, Reading Is FUNdamental Consultant,
Houston, TX
October 26, 2002
Membership Drive
No Child Left Behind – “What It Means To CT Educators”
Presenter: Dr. Eddie Davis – then State of CT Dept. Of Education Consultant
Legislative Office Building, State Capital
December 7, 2002
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2001
Annual
GNEABSE Retreat:
“The Black White Achievement Gap”
Presenter: Dr. Eric Cooper,
Executive Dir. National Urban Alliance for Effective Education at the
Council of the Great City Schools, Washington, DC
Facilitator: Dr. Frances Harris-Burke, Bell School Reform Network, McLean,
VA
June 22-23, 2001
Nominated Ms Krystal
Jackson, senior, New Britain High School, to represent GNEABSE at the
Congressional Youth Leaders Conference, Washington, DC
Summer, 2001
2nd
Annual Educational Conference
“Recruit, Retain and Renew”
Hartford Learning
Corridor, Hartford, CT
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Chicago, IL Noted Author &
Professor, DePaul University
October 12, 2001
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2000
Greater New England Alliance of Black School Educators
Receives its OFFICIAL CHARTER from the National Alliance of
Black School Educators, Washington, DC
Presented by NABSE Affiliate Council President, Mrs. Katrina Thirbenny
February 12, 2000
First Official GNEABSE Affair
Educational Empowerment
Seminar/Banquet
Hartford Marriott, Farmington, CT
Dr. Na’im Akbar, Educational Consultant and Noted Author & Lecturer
March 25, 2000
1st Annual Conference
“Celebrating Your Commitment – A Connecticut Welcome to New Minority
Teachers”
University of Hartford, West
Hartford, CT
Keynote Speaker: Kay Toliver – Educator, Mathematics, East Harlem, NY –
Senior Associate, Foundation for Advancement in Science and Education
October 28, 2000
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