Thoughts from Eric Engdahl
Posted: April 4, 2012 Filed under: Mapping | Tags: who 5 CommentsI love the comments and reports from the meetings. I do note, however, the absence of any discussion of race, racial inequality, or the achievement gap for young males of color.
Mapping the Next 10 Years 
Yes, Eric I agree and have something to add here about the conversation I had
in San Francisco at Cal Academy of Sciences. As wonderful as our meeting was
it was also incredibly disappointing to see yet another room full of white women. Okay
there was one Latino man.
I wonder what we can all do to include youth in this conversation? I will ask the AHA teachers to involve students there. Also, tomorrow we are meeting with LaShaun and Chris Johnson from Question Bridge: Black Males Talking About Race. I will ask them how we can connect these conversations.
I agree this is an important issue.
When I arrive at OYC, I’ll invite the Youth Council Coordinator to connect on this – and hopefully learn from your conversations over the next few weeks!
Trying again to post this link and recommend the Question Bridge video installation
currently on view at the Oakland Museum: http://museumca.org/exhibit/question-bridge-black-males