A Walk for Education

0:51 Who started A Walk for Education?

2:08 Do you think A Walk for Education will have a positive influence on the kids?

2:30 In the next 5 years, where do you see A Walk for Education going?

3:09 & 5:31 What are the challenges nowadays for kids to stay in school?

5:11 Who is presently managing A Walk for Education?

6:23 How do you think A Walk for Education will help the people?

7:53 Why is it important for our youth to stay in school?

Ask the youth:

11:04 Why is Education important?

11:21 Nowadays, what are the challenges that kids have to stay in school?

11:51 Do you know who started A Walk for Education?

The goal of A Walk for Education (AWFE) is “to increase awareness of the opportunities available through education particularly in the STEM fields and to shatter myths about African-Americans in math, science, engineering and other technologies.” AWFE is a grassroots program in which NSBE members go door to door in underserved Black communities and hand out information on college, scholarship information, SAT/ACT preparation tools, NSBE and share information on the benefits of majoring in STEM fields. AWFE is the primary outreach and advertising mechanism of TORCH. AWFE is a one-time broad effort to reach into the community and initiate a relationship that can be developed further through other TORCH activities.

AWFE is now a chapter-based program. AWFE is designed to impact both traditional students and non-traditional students and should be paired with other TORCH programs following. Examples include promoting STEM Community Training Program as Northeastern University did, hosting an Informal Science and Engineering Activity as the Charlotte Alumni Chapter did, or even pairing AWFE with a day of general service. A second activity will reinforce the NSBE members’ dedication to the community, provide additional time for members to interact with members of the community, and thereby make the information that was passed out that much more meaningful.

Source: https://www.nsbe.org/Programs/NSBE-Programs/T-O-R-C-H/A-Walk-for-Education.aspx#.WSCNbGjyvcs

Participating Organizations: NSBE McGill, Little Burgundy Coalition, Amitié Soleil, Youth in Motion, Tyndale-St-Georges, Maison des Jeunes l'Escampette, Scientifines (Les) Centre de Loisirs, Desta, Atelier 850, Le Salon 1861, Library Georges-Vanier, Burgundy Urban Mediation Project.

Questions by the Youth of Little Burgundy.
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Special thanks to our Interviewees: Michael P. Farkas, Kevin Georges, Jason & NSBE McGill Students.

Interviews by Bernard Gibbs.
Filmed at Maison des Jeunes l'Escampette.

Filmed by Jason, Yazeed & Rodney.
Produced by Youth in Motion TV.

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