Why Building a Community of Parents is Essential to Student Success

2. Ode to the Advocate We have a vision that’s mighty indeed. Parent/student advocacy is our mission: To achieve excellence and succeed. To rise ever higher and transform “achievement gaps” Into a love for learning on that’s on fire and never succumbs to negative raps. Not ones to rest on our laurels or submit to the status quo, CALM upholds unwavering morals, empowering all to prosper and grow!

8. Choco-Latte Read-A-Latte Authors’ Night - January 2008

9. CALM “FEEDS THE NEED TO READ”

10. Be sure to check out our terrific newsletter on THE CALM SOCIETY website where you can learn all about the Choco-Latte Read A Latte Book Club! TheCALMSociety.com

12. Training Parents as Advocates to Successfully Navigate Schools Parents As Leaders (PAL) training with new emerging parent groups such as PARITY ( Parent Advocates for the Radical Improvement of Township Youth) in Springfield School District

14. CALM in Springfield School District

19. United Neighbors Clean-up

20. Willow Grove NAACP Two AJHS Teachers who pioneered the VIBE Program were honored at the recent Willow Grove NAACP Annual Dinner

21. VIBE and IMAGINE students served as chaperones and were featured performers from “The Great Debaters”

24. NAACP Youth Mentoring Program

25. Mayor’s Philly Clean-up Day – April 5, 2008

27. Community Outreach Activities VIBE, CALM, United Neighbors Clean-up April 2008

31. Great Moments of VIBE Performance by actor Danny Glover and director Felix Justice at Cheltenham High School March 20th, 2007

32. Black Male Development Symposium Arcadia University – Saturday, May 10, 2008

33. Dr. Alyn E. Waller Visits VIBE May 14, 2008

34. VIBE’s Stepping Into Manhood IMAGINE’s Elevating Into Elegance

35. More Great Moments with VIBE & IMAGINE Muffins with Moms IMAGINE Style VIBE and IMAGINE PICNIC AND AWARDS

36. VIBE/IMAGINE COLLEGE VISITS LaSalle College Tour College Fair Field Trip

37. VIBE/IMAGINE Field Trips Power 99 HIP HOP Summit at University of PA

38. CALM BOWLING FUNDRAISER FOR VIBE

39. CALM College Scholarship CALM awarded a scholarship to this student who overcame extreme adversity (in this case cancer, being labeled as “not bound for college,” and raised without a supportive father. In addition, this student showed tremendous service learning and leadership abilities. This student is currently majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Tuskegee University. “ Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” Dr. Booker T. Washington Tuskegee’s First President

40. Equal Rights for Children CALM volunteers and VIBE students were part of the Urban Education Fund’s panel discussion on “Boys, Books, and the ‘Burbs: the Educational Experiences of African American Males in Suburban School Districts.” “ Regardless of where Black children are educated, they are subject to overt and subtle manifestations of a society which still bombards us with negative images of blackness. The assault to the potential of black male children is particularly rampant yet too often unrecognized by people who fail to notice the unintended consequences of their actions.” Dr. Deidre Fambry, President, Urban Education Fund Saturday, February 23, 2008

41. Empowering Women CALM donates needed items to the Laurel House (an agency which serves individuals who are subject to domestic violence) and supports its fundraising efforts CALM participates in the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Race For The Cure

42. Cultural Competancy Celebrate the Arts at Copper Beech Elementary School

43. So, what's up with all this pink and brown?

45. “ It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” Maya Angelou Keeping Our Eyes On Their Dreams TheCALMSOCIETY.com