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Concerned' about the plight of South Los Angeles, youth, the Verizon Foundation, the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, and Nielsen Company partnered with Brotherhood Crusade and several of the organization's other collaborative partners to host the 5th Annual Brotherhood Crusade Jim Cleamons Books and Basketball Camp the week of August 24-28. This incredible event provided 100 9-15 year old youth with an opportunity to engage in a dream experience that taught fascinating - principles of math and science, financial education, social and personal life skills development, health and nutrition, chess, etiquette, and of course, basketball.
"Verizon's support extends well beyond cask assistance. I am most touched by the support provided from key Verizon personnel including Ms. Asia [Powell], Ms. Felicia Hudson, and Ms. Elva Lima. I am also enthralled with other Verizon resources such as Thinkfinity.org, which served as the basis for the college-level homework required of camp participants daily.""It's the Network!!!" said ABA/NBA legend and camp co-founder James Jones. "I know it sounds like a cliché, but Brotherhood Crusade has assembled strong and dedicated community partners like the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, Verizoh, Nielsen, Southwest Airlines, Microsoft, The Gas Company, Wal-Mart, Nestle, KTLA, Wells Fargo, Southern California Edison, Wachovia, Northrop Grumman, Fox, the Los Angeles Sentinel, the Los Angeles Times, Bank of America, NBC4, the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, CalGRIP, and the Mayor's Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development to help provide resources to meet the unmet needs of the community."The combination of their professional assistance, resources, and financial support will enable children and youth from environments where gang influence is stronger than academic success to benefit from highly-effective programming that provides hope, creates meaningful change, and significantly improves quality of life.See the full content of this document
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It's the Network
South Los Angeles middle and high school students rank worse in the state of California and among the worse in the nation in science and math academic proficiency. This, at a time when it is predicted that greater than 70 percent of the jobs that will be in demand in the future will involve some form of science, technology, engineering, or math (STE...
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