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March ElderScholars Meeting to Feature Elizabeth Crews from The Chattanooga Promise Zone
The March, 2011, ElderScholars meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 8th at the University Center in the Signal Mountain Room at 1:00 PM. The presentation will be provided by Elizabeth Crews, sponsored by Sharon McIntosh. The topic will be The Chattanooga Promise Zone (CPZ). The Chattanooga Promise Zone (CPZ) will be a comprehensive program focused on education based on the Harlem Children’s Zone model. CPZ will be focused on improving student performance to ensure that young people in the zone are ready for and go on to college. The effort would build on a series of ongoing efforts including the Benwood Initiative. The geographic focus of the CPZ will be the inner city neighborhoods from river to ridge. These are the areas of highest poverty in Hamilton County and the home to those students that are most at risk.“ “Elizabeth Crews has been a coordinator of the Chattanooga Promise Zone working group since its inception in the fall of 2009. With a strong background in community organizing, Ms. Crews is the leader of the community engagement and development portion of the CPZ.” Please join us at the University Center Cafeteria for lunch around noon. We will have an ElderScholars sign prepared to place on our table in the cafeteria. Look for the sign for seating together! The official meeting starts at 1 P M. Parking is free in any UTC lot; be sure to place this letter on your dashboard indicating that you are attending the ElderScholars meeting. If you have any difficulty with ticketing, please take your letter and the ticket to the University "Police Station" which is at the top of the hill at the end of the street directly behind the Student Center. They should be able to handle it without difficulty. |
