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Where My Heart and Attention are Focused

Chesapeake Public Schools

  • Teacher

Highlight:

Student success

Chesapeake Education Association

  • Executive Board Member

  • Chair, Legislative Action  Committee

Virginia Education
Association

  • Content Developer           

Highlight:​

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As part of a five-educator team, awarded a $10,000 grant to initiate a program serving Chesapeake high school students struggling with basic literacy

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Working with a team of four Virginia teachers to develop and deliver a support course for provisionally licensed teachers

National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
Chesapeake Chapter, Unit 7049

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  • Lifetime Member

  • Former Chair, Education Committee

  • Former Executive Board Member

Highlights:​

  • Supporting voter registration drives​

  • Supporting initiatives & participating in outreach that cultivates growth-minded opportunities for students of color​

  • Co-developing & presenting the chapter's 2024 Juneteenth program

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If you join NAACP using the link above, the site will take you to local chapters near your zip code.  Chesapeake's unit is 7049.

Proudest accomplishment:

Working to expand awareness of challenges Black students can face in the classroom & advocating for beneficial policy adoption 

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National Education Association

  • Content Developer

Highlight:

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Working with a team of sixteen teachers from across the United States to initialize a retention program for mid-career educators

For over 60 years, these men of vision and principles have been tireless advocates for Chesapeake's people of color, particularly young Black men.

The organization does a remarkable job of remaining focused on policies that unite us, rather than being distracted by politics that divide us.

New Chesapeake Men for Progress

  • General Supporter​​

Veterans For Peace

  • Associate member

Veterans For Peace is a US-based global organization of military veterans and allies dedicated to opposing war, militarism and intervention in the affairs of other nations. They use their unique experience as veterans to educate our communities about the true costs of war and to build a culture of peace. 

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Donate to Veterans for Peace

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Join VFP as a Veteran

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Join VFP as an Associate Member

Chesapeake Democratic Women

  • Member

The mission of the CDW, through the combined efforts of the Democratic Party, is to provide support, information, and resources that will promote and sustain the principles and policies of the Democratic Party of the United States.

Highlight:

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Co-planning & executing a yearly bingo fundraiser; all proceeds fund the Nora Davenport Scholarship Fund

Daughters of the American Revolution
Great Bridge Chapter

  • General member

​Daughters of the American Revolution exists for the purpose of promoting historic preservation, education, and patriotism.​

Highlights:

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  • Participating in countless projects across the Commonwealth

  • My children still speak to me

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