A Message from Speak Up Founder Katie Braude: Dear friends and colleagues, after more than three decades of advocating for Los Angeles’ most vulnerable children, I will be retiring from my role as CEO of the Speak UP Foundation as of May 1.
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"Now that children will soon have access to vaccines, all parents will have the tools to send their kids to school with the assurance that they will be safe, even without masks." https://t.co/MofNOSvbT2
More than 70% of our Cultivating Young Black Excellence scholars met their goals, and 70% of tutors are now considering a teaching career: https://t.co/rFdN4ac4e7
@LoyolaMarymount@laurbanleague
Results are in! Our CYBE summer pilot tutoring/mentoring program for Black kids was a huge success! Read the report on Speak UP's collaboration with @LoyolaMarymount and @laurbanleague pairing Black LMU students w/ Black K-12 kids in @LASchools: https://t.co/SyWEb1LpxD
Speak UP discusses how the results of today's disappointing student report card are rooted in systemic racism and how we can help close the opportunity gap with programs such as our Cultivating Young Black Excellence tutoring program w/ @LoyolaMarymount and @laurbanleague.
"It was a result of the decisions the district made to keep schools closed and to offer less online instruction. Those parents that had options, many of them exercised those options, and they left," said Speak Up's Jenny Hontz. @laschools@Kelly4LASchools https://t.co/4jQGN1MHOB
A panel of expert outside advisers to the U.S. FDA voted to recommend COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for Americans aged 65 and older and those at high risk of severe illness, after overwhelmingly rejecting a call for broader approval https://t.co/ll6LhoFTgY
All Los Angeles public school children 12 and older would have to be fully vaccinated by January to enter campus. Students involved in activities such as sports would have to receive a first vaccine dose no later than Oct. 3 and a second dose by Oct. 31. https://t.co/T7xrvQx6KK