Harvesting our Elder Grace
Shawn Dove is back for another Wednesday take over of Trailblazers.FM, and will be joined by two other Black legends in Ron Walker, founder of COSEBOC and Rev. Alfonso Wyatt, author and speaker.
Session 1: COSEBOC Virtual Institute – The BERC Report and Beyond
Thursday, September 30, 20214:00 pm EST / 1:00 pm PST | Info Session (30mins)The Uncommon Core: Standards & Promising Practices for Schools Educating Boys of Color4:30 pm EST / 1:30 pm PST | Discussion and Working Session (90 mins)Counseling, Psychological, and Mental Health Services: The BERC report and beyond featuring…
Session 2: Virtual Institute – TACTICS (Part 1)
Thursday, October 28, 20216:00 pm EST / 3:00 pm PST | Info Session (30mins)DRUM Method: Discovering Rituals Understanding Manhood - The Rites of Passage experience meets Hip Hop pedagogy6:30 pm EST / 3:30 pm PST | Discussion and Working Session (90 mins)Reopening “TACTICS” - Trust, Authenticity, Culture, Truth, Inclusivity, and…
Session 3: Virtual Institute – TACTICS (Part 2)
Thursday, November 4th6:00 pm EST / 3:00 pm PST | Info Session (30mins)Footprints to Footsteps - Immersive cultural literacy program6:30 pm EST / 3:30 pm PST | Discussion and Working Session (90 mins)Reopening “TACTICS” - Trust, Authenticity, Culture, Truth, Inclusivity, and Care in Schools - Part 2 RSVP for this…
Session 4: Virtual Institute – Connecting The Dots
Thursday, December 2, 20216:00 pm EST / 3:00 pm PST | Partner Showcase (30mins)Meet and learn more about our partners from the COSEBOC network.6:30 pm EST / 3:30 pm PST | Discussion and Working Session (90 mins)Connecting The Dots: Network-wide Strategies for the Future Register to Attend COSEBOC Virtual InstituteTowards…
An Important Report on Black Education in the Wake of COVID-19
An Important Report for Your Information Unlike any other time in recent history, the opportunity now exists to educate all students in ways that increase and enhance their personal self-knowledge, their history, their requisite skills, and the knowledge and understanding essential for academic and life success. These imperatives are especially…
A Conspiracy of Care: A Call to Healing
Throughout our 15-year history, COSEBOC has embraced the belief that affirmative social, emotional, cultural, and academic development and wellness is essential to the success of boys and young men of color. We wrap this mission in a concept that we call the Conspiracy of Care. The Conspiracy of Care is…
Origin of the Phrase: Affirmative Development of Boys and Young Men of Color
The mission of COSEBOC is the affirmative social, emotional, cultural, and academic development of boys and young men of color. The term affirmative development was brought to my attention in the early days of COSEBOC. In my prior work in education, I was fortunate to work with the great child…
Conversation with Shawn Dove
Date ~ May 10, 2021, 4pm ~Location ~ Zoom ~COSEBOC is proud to announce Shawn Dove as our next speaker in our 2021 educational teleconference series, Conversations with DeepThinkers. This series aims to deepen and strengthen educators' and advocates' capacity dedicated to the affirmative development of boys and young men of color.Over…
Trauma Can Endure! What Must We Do to Heal?
I can still remember in vivid detail the terror I felt when I saw a picture of the grotesque face of Emmett Till after he had been killed. I recoiled from his face, beaten beyond recognition, as if I were in the presence of a monster. I was just 9…