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History of National African American Parent Involvement Day
Throughout the month of February, schools across the Madison Metropolitan School District celebrate Read Your Heart Out, a day in celebration of National African American Parent Involvement Day. National African American Parent Involvement Day was founded by Joseph Dulin in 1995 and was inspired by the Million Man March. The goals of NAAPID are:
Promote African American parent involvement in their child's education.
Promote and provide strategies for African American parents and students to take full advantage of the educational process at all levels of the educational system (preschool through postsecondary).
Identify and develop partnership efforts between all sectors of the community (business, school, home etc.).
Create a national network on the state and local levels to achieve the mission and goals of NAAPID.
Develop fundraising strategies and put them into effect to finance the endeavors of NAAPID (grants, public and private donations, in-kind services etc.).
Offer educational workshops, seminars and institutes relating to parental involvement and eliminating the achievement gap.
Establish an annual National African American Parent Involvement Day celebration on the second Monday in February.
Reference:
The African American Desk Reference
Schomburg Center for research in Black Culture
Copyright 1999 The Stonesong Press Inc. and
The New York Public Library, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Pub.
ISBN 0-471-23924-0
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