City's black, male leaders organize around literacy - baltimoresun.com: With books in hand, hundreds of prominent black male city leaders and community members will descend on classrooms around the city Monday to read to students, part of an initiative to promote literacy and positive male influences in the lives of city youth.
The effort called the "Michael Penny Carter Men Reading in Baltimore City Schools Initiative," was introduced in the city by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham, president of the local the National Action Network, last fall. The program was inspired by a similar one in Chicago, and has drawn the support of local political, education, and religious leaders across the city.
This year, and from here on out, the program is being named in honor of Michael Carter, a well-known community leader in Baltimore whose vocal support for students led him to lead the school system's Office of Parent and Community Engagement.
