A few months ago, I attended a School Reform Town Hall Meeting in DC, and then I went and saw Waiting for Superman, which is a documentary about the American public education system.  Both experiences positively impacted me, and fueled me to continue moving forward on my course to complete my Masters in Education and then move into the classroom as a teacher.  Well, last year, I met a young man, who was then the Student Body President of Howard’s School of Education, and he graciously shared information about my business with others in the School of Education.  From what I could see and have heard since, he was always willing to give, ready to keep people informed, and had a heart to serve.  So, a week before our observance of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, he asked me to help him out with an event that the organization he works with (Heart of America) was sponsoring.  For me, I did not have to think twice about taking the project on.  I have not been too excited that our observance of Dr. King’s birthday has turned into a day of service because his life involved so much more than volunteering, but I knew this would be a meaningful way to spend this day as I think about where we as a nation have come from.  Anyway, when Mr. Smith told me that this event would also honor one of the students, Anthony Black, featured in the movie Waiting for Superman, I was even more excited about the opportunity because it gave me an opportunity to really show my support of education, literacy, and closing the achievement gap in communities that need it the most.  Below are images from this event that took place in Howard University’s School of Medicine on January 17, 2011.