THE HEALTHY ECONOMICS CAMPAIGN UTILIZES THE FRIENDS OF SCHOOL PROGRAM AS THE GATEWAY TO BUILDING THE INTERGENERATIONAL ENTERPRISE IN EVERY COMMUNITY.

INITIALLY, THE FRIENDS OF SCHOOL PROGRAM WORKS TO BUILD THE COMPLETE SCHOOL AT A SCHOOL SITE WITH A VISION OF BUILDING AROUND THE SCHOOL THROUGH THE INTERGENERATIONAL ENTERPRISE.

THE COMPLETE SCHOOL CONSISTS OF, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THESE ELEMENTS

1. A FUNCTIONING STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION .

2. A FUNCTIONING
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

3. A FUNCTIONING PTSA

4. THE MO BETTER FOOD
SCHOOL GARDENS ON CAMPUS

5.THE MO' BETTER FOOD FARMERS MARKETS ON CAMPUS

6.COMMUNITY/
BUSINESS PARTNERS

THE COLLECTIVE SCHOOL HELPS ESTABLISH THE INTERGENERATIONAL ENTERPRISE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

 


 


The TUSKEGEE NORMAL SCHOOL
FARM TO SCHOOL OVER 100 YEARS AGO


Booker T.Washington
Founder of Tuskegee University

Just eighteen years after Abraham Lincoln signed the emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery on the United States, Booker T. Washington recruited a staff of individuals to demonstrate to the world a long term plan for establishing self sufficiency for the newly freed Africans held captive in America’s slave system.

Booker T. Washington founded the Tuskegee Institute in 1881.  Washington’s goal was to educate the masses of these newly freed Africans in America’s legal slave system with practical training essential to meet the immediate needs of the people.  His desire ignited other dedicated staff members, including Dr. George Washington Carver and Thomas Campbell.

George Washington Carver was born the son of a slave.  Raised in Missouri, Carver grew up in an era of change in America. Slavery had just been abolished and newly freed Africans lacked the skills necessary to compete in a free enterprise system. 



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The Big Head

The Big Head Philosophy

Written by David Roach
Co-founder of the Familyhood Connection, Inc

The bigger the head the more intelligent the mind, scholars have attempted to argue. Yet, throughout history, there have been many successful people with pretty small heads.

However, history has proven that two heads are better than one. Which means four heads are better than two...you get the idea. The Big Head Theory agrees with this principle and applies it to every school. The Big Head Theory states that, "each year, the head of the school grows in size by its numbers of graduates."

In many low-income communities, high school graduates are rarely tracked to participate in the improvement of the community.

One of the main purposes of the Friends of School program is to engage the participation of the "Big Head" into the planning of the improvement of any community.

The Big Head Concept is our vision of keeping graduates connected to the affairs of their high school and the community surrounding it.

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