Unlock strategies for resilience, leadership, and self-empowerment with The Agentic Playbook. This guide is a roadmap to help students and educators develop awareness, navigate challenges, and fulfill their duties as impactful community leaders. Rooted in real experiences and powerful insights, this playbook is essential for those ready to lead with purpose and confidence.

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This report highlights key issues in our education system, including the disconnect between grades and proficiency, chronic absenteeism, and classroom management challenges. Through data and student voices, we call on educators, policymakers, parents, and the community to take action for better educational outcomes for all students. Explore our findings and join us in advocating for a brighter future for Oakland's youth.

This report looks at the history of HBCUs while speaking with alum from HBCU roots that now lead high-performing schools across the country.

HBCUs can lead the way

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We are on our own but you are not alone!

Check out my new free e-book focused on Black males that are the first in their family to go to college. These are tips I wish I had when I went through college. No one in my family had the experience and I paid dearly for it. So here is a free book I wish I had when I went through it.

We are responsible for us. I hope you find this helpful.

This comparative case study utilized oral histories to illuminate the life stories of three Black men who navigated their way through trauma. The goal of the study was to better understand how they navigated education and life experiences to eventually earn doctoral degrees.

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