In March
2003, Seattle Public Schools and the Eliminating the Achievement
Gap Action Committee held a resource fair to take direct action in
the community. Following is a list of the nearly 60 participants
that were present at the fair, which was attended by over 200
students, parents and community members.
Links to
organizations are provided where possible as a courtesy and are
outside of the Seattle Public Schools Web site. Seattle Public
Schools does not endorse any specific organization and is not
responsible for the content of that site.
"None of us got where we are solely by pulling
ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody -- a
parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns -- bent down
and helped us pick up our boots."
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"None of us got where we are solely by pulling
ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody -- a
parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns -- bent down
and helped us pick up our boots."
