IT’S A CELEBRATION

Sacramento, CA.…The Black Parallel School Board (BPSB) invites you to attend our “Second (2) Year Anniversary Celebration”, Saturday, February 6, 2010 ,10:00am to 12:00pm. The celebration will be held at our regularly scheduled meeting-place, Oak Park United Methodist Church, 3600 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95817. Please check-in and arrive by 10:00 am.

Our guest speaker is the distinguished Amina R. Merritt, Esquire, a native of Hartford, CT. Ms. Merritt is the founding Attorney at the Merritt Law Clinic, Sacramento, California. The first class of women to graduate from Amherst College in 1980, Amina received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree, magna cum laude. After a one-year fellowship in the Masters’ Program for Public Administration at Fordham University, NY, Ms. Merritt attended the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, where she earned her Jurist Doctorate (J.D.) degree in 1984.

Prior to starting The Merritt Law Clinic, Ms. Merritt worked as Staff Attorney, Supervising Attorney and Acting Executive Director for Sacramento Child Advocates, Inc. (SCA), representing children in Sacramento County Dependency and Delinquency Courts. The Merritt Law Clinic represents children and parents as contract counsel in Juvenile Court Dependency cases. The Merritt Law Clinic also acts as panel attorneys for the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) and acts as private counsel in a variety of civil rights, education, administrative law, and employment matters.

The Black Parallel School Board was formed and developed in 2008, as a community organization to work parallel with the Sacramento City Unified District Board of Education. The major responsibility of the BPSB is to support the educational growth and achievement of Black students. In order to track the performances of our Black students, we will monitor all educational activities and programs of the SCUSD to ensure that they are compatible with the needs of African American students in the district.

For more info please call (916) 484-5025 or email fayek@springmail.com

Thank you for your support and participation

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