News & Updates – COSEBOC

Priming to Pivot

By Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color

by Deidre R. Farmbry, Ed.D. Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Shawn Ginwright, author of The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves, for a COSEBOC virtual convening titled “From Nourish to Flourish.” Highly inspired by the book, I began thinking about the work before the work if one…

Many Thanks and Best Wishes to Dr. Sandra Spooner

By Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color

A Message from Ron Walker, Founder and Executive Director The word “departure” is defined as the act of leaving. This brief message is to announce the departure of Dr. Sandra Spooner, our Director of Operations. However, I define departure differently, because, though Sandra is leaving the official role that she…

From Nourish to Flourish with Dr. Shawn Ginwright

By Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color

From Nourish to Flourish featuring Dr. Shawn GinwrightThursday, June 30, 20226:30 - 8:00 pm EDT COSEBOC will host a virtual panel discussion to launch “From Nourish to Flourish,” a new collaborative of organizations committed to celebrating and elevating boys and young men of color.The event will feature our friend in the movement…

Education Summit 2022

By Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color

Dear COSEBOC friends, As you may know, one of the roles that COSEBOC plays is that of support for organizations and individuals who share our mission of serving the affirmative, social, emotional, cultural and academic development of all students and for us, especially boys and young men of color. To…

COSEBOC receives major grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

By Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color

COSEBOC has been named one of eight organizations across the country to receive a major grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to accelerate inclusive education research. The grants, totaling more than $10 million, “will help validate and measure teaching practices that foster student well-being and belonging, taking into account…

Announcement: Fall release of the 4th edition of COSEBOC Standards and Promising Practices for Schools Educating Boys of Color

By Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color

Dear Educator and Advocate, COSEBOC is pleased to announce the release this fall of the 4th edition of our highly acclaimed document, Standards and Promising Practices for Schools Educating Boys of Color. In an era of high stakes testing and the Common Core State Standards, reaching expectations is important for all…

Video-Teleconference: Ariel Jimenez Bustos and Martin Miranda, Jan 7, 2020

By Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color

On Tuesday, January 4, 2020 at 4pm EST, COSEBOC is proud to announce Ariel Jimenez Bustos, Coordinator for the National Compadres Network’s Joven Noble Youth Academy, as our 4th speaker in our 2020 educational teleconference series, Conversations with Deep Thinkers. Ariel will be joined by Martin Miranda, a Joven Noble Youth Academy participant. Conversations with…

Learning from the Footprints of Mothers: COSEBOC Celebrates the Year of the Mother

By Ron Walker

The year 2020 has been designated as the Year of the Mother. The official launch, January 20, 2020, coincided with the national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I think this declaration is worthy of our attention. COSEBOC is an organization fully devoted to the affirmative social, emotional, cultural,…

Wendell and Kevin: Their Footprints Informed my Footsteps

By Ron Walker

This year, the theme for the Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC) 14th Annual Gathering of Leaders, Boys and Young Men of Color: Learning from the Footprints of the Past; Taking Footsteps to the Future, has surely made an impact on me. As we approach this year's Gathering in…

George Floyd and the Countless Others we Memorialize Today

By Ron Walker

by Ron Walker June 9, 2020 Another name has been added to the roll of black women and men murdered by unchecked police violence. His name is George Floyd. George’s first name joins Emmett, Trayvon, Eric, Michael, Laquan, Tamir, Walter, Freddie, Sandra, Philando, Botham, Breonna, Ahmaud, and others whose names…