Friday, October 12, 2007
Speaker 1- Maggie
I really enjoyed Maggie's presentation. She made great eye contact with the audience and was brave enough not to use the podium. She seemed really confident up there and when she spoke you could tell she really felt passionate about the Posse Foundation. I, who already feel strongly about anything dealing with minorities, felt even more impassioned. Maggie seemed very knowledgeable about her organization and spoke from her heart which made me see how connected she really felt toward the Posse Foundation. The foundaton itself was very interesting. I am i strong believer in education to help people get out of poverty because i think alot of educated people think that minorities are illiterate and aren't up on their level so they disregard them. But if more minorities are inspired to get a college education then they won't be looked down upon as much.
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FYI - Posse is neither a minority, nor need-based scholarship program.
glad you enjoyed maggie's presentation and like the concept of Posse, but she either omitted these important distinctions - or more likely you have projected your own ideas and assumptions around what young people from the city are: poor and anything but white. you would not be alone in this error, most of the media surrounding Posse makes the same mistake even when we directly tell them not to characterize the scholars as such. hope this is helpful.
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