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law student yasmene mumby already is a veteran education reformer(read article summary)
in a feat of tenacity and organization worthy of a veteran leader, young law student yasmene mumby helped push passage of $1.1 billion in funding to improve baltimore's schools.
matthew stern
(read caption) yasmene mumby co-chairs the baltimore education coalition, a partnership of more than 25 schools, organizations, and religious institutions that helped to pass an unprecedented $1.1 billion financing plan to rebuild and renovate.
4. who is a living hero and what would you ask them if given the chance? i absolutely look up to california’s attorney general kamala harris, her classic grace and intellect. attorney general harris inspires me as i continue to develop as a law student and young woman in leadership. all the while, harris seems grounded and modest. quiet power. i’d like to ask her, from where did she learn her strength and resolve? and can we meet for coffee?
5. what everyday resources could help you achieve your philanthropic goals? the baltimore education coalition works because everyone voluntarily pitches in. we have no paid staff. this is a labor of passion and commitment for all involved. [see below for a detailed description of bec and who is involved.] it’s an all-hands-on-deck effort. we worked with 120+ parents, teachers, administrators, and community members to execute this 3,000 person rally for better school buildings in baltimore city. we can use volunteer talent in many areas: oral historians, a website designer, bus transportation to and from events, printed materials, audio/visual stagers. you name it. just email me: ymumby@kippbaltimore.org
6. what is a burning question that you have for this community? what was the moment when you realized your purpose in life? are you fulfilling your purpose or running from it?
7. what would the title of your book be? don’t fight the universe! life eventually falls into place. i am a person that needs answers; i don’t really do well with uncertainty. so often i have to remind myself to stop searching and finding more to do. the path i am to walk is already laid out in front of me. i have to remind myself that i am where i am supposed to be. remember, i have a problem with standing still!
8. tell us something you rarely share in public? if i’m not moving, involved in something worthwhile and uncharted, i feel wasteful … as if i am not maximizing life and its given experiences during the seconds, minutes, hours allotted. so i practice yoga to help me stand still and reflect. yoga is the only thing that surrenders me.
9. what advice do you have for others who aspire to be citizen philanthropists? be honest. value other people. share your appreciation for them. recognize their collective work.
10. what question do you wish i had asked, and what is the answer? question: why are you still in baltimore? answer: i am one of the very few kids that stuck around baltimore. many of my friends from high school and undergrad could not wait to leave this town. and they did. i can’t. every time in my life i have tried to leave and build my life somewhere else, baltimore never lets me go. there have been moments and experiences that ground my commitment to baltimore. it makes it hard to leave. i have never lived anywhere else. yet.
links: baltimore education coalition main page, bec on facebook, bec on twitter, kipp:baltimore’s advocacy page
more on the baltimore education coalition (as written by yasmene): the baltimore education coalition is the broadest citywide linkage of 25 organizations working for baltimore’s children. we have stopped over $100 million dollars in proposed cuts to city schools. we supported and won the bottle tax that will leverage $155 million for school construction. most recently, we successfully advocated and won the passage of an unprecedented $1 billion financing plan to improve school facilities with 3,000 parents, students, teachers, administrators, and community leaders for baltimore city’s 85,000 students.
we are public schools, traditional, and charter. we are after-school programs and neighborhood associations. we are education policy organizations and religious institutions. we are: aclu of maryland, advocates for children and youth, afya public charter school, baltimore curriculum project, build, the cathedral of the incarnation, child first authority, city neighbors foundation council, the coalition of baltimore charter schools, community law in action, comprehensive housing assistance, inc. (chai), downtown baltimore family alliance, elev8 baltimore, greater homewood community corporation, kipp baltimore, league of women voters of baltimore city, maryland education coalition, mt. washington elementary/middle, pta council of baltimore, reservoir hill improvement council, roland park elementary/middle school parents, school social workers in maryland, southwest baltimore charter school, and supporting public schools of choice..
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In that passage, there are four hundred and thirty-six occurrences of the letter "e."
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