Thursday, October 28, 2010

Journal #10

One person is Molly Barker. She founded a group called Girls on the Run (GOTR) with a mission to show young girls how to live a life full of healthy living and self respect. It engages about 45,000 girls a year.

Robert P. Moses played a pivotal role in the civil rights movemtn and is now fighting for equal education for all students. He launched the Algebra Project to spread math literacy to minority students.

David Anderson created Safe Families for Children as a voluntary alternative to the child welfare sytem. It temporarily places children with loving families while parents can deal with unemploymetn, violence, rahabilitation, or incarceration.

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