![]() ![]() I appreciated his commitment to battling a conservative national constituency determined to negatively redefine his championing of multiculturalism as “political correctness.” Dr. At the time, Penn’s president was Sheldon Hackney who I got to know because of my work in admissions. at the law and education school or our dean, the late Harold “Hask” Haskins. It was impactful to be surrounded by the handful of dedicated faculty and administrators of color who nurtured me, either in-person or simply by being present in my environment, like English Professor Houston Baker, the late A. I appreciate every moment of my education–my coursework in the Annenberg School, traveling the country with Mask and Wig and working in the admissions office are highlights. I recognize that I received an extraordinarily elite, prestigious and well-resourced education. I asked PreK-12 educators to have courageous conversation about why schools are not structured, systemically, to meet the needs of children, families, and communities of color.Īttending Penn is an amazing aspect of my life and my family’s experience. Talking about race in this country is difficult in the ’90s, it was even more so. ![]() That work prompted invitations from the state departments and local districts to lead conversations about developing more diverse school leaders and championing educational and racial equity. That mission grew into a deeper exploration of transforming high schools into places that are meaningful, rigorous, and exciting for students who were otherwise disengaged. I founded Pacific Educational Group in 1992 to help under-resourced students understand the process of high school course selection and how to navigate the college admissions process, so that they could access more opportunities in college and beyond. Q: How did Pacific Educational Group evolve? For example, as a senior, I was the only Black cast member in the Mask and Wig Club and one of a handful in my fraternity. As I moved on to Penn, that phenomenon continued in many similar and some new ways. Then, I needed to learn how to effectively communicate with my peers and teachers, who rarely understood and often diminished my racial struggles. However, at Park School, I was always one of the only Black students in the classroom. In my graduate work, the inequities I saw didn’t match my own educational experience as a Black student attending a private school in Baltimore. Q: Were you always someone who had courageous conversation in your own life? Today, he works with school districts, state governments, and corporations in various sectors throughout the U.S. He also created a protocol for deepening interracial dialogues called Courageous Conversations. and beyond-along with two non-profit foundations. Singleton launched Pacific Educational Group-a consulting firm committed to achieving racial equity in the U.S. Glenn Singleton, C’86, at The Summit on Race in America at the LBJ Presidential Library on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. ![]()
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