stand up and speak out for justice
The events exacerbated by the tragic death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers has challenged us as individuals, families, Delawareans, and Americans in unimaginable ways, even as our resilience is being tested by the COVID-19 crisis. Our deepest sympathies are with the George Floyd family and those in our community who may also have known or experienced such a horrific and unjust tragedy.
The Community Education Building exists to help children and families overcome terrible barriers created and sustained by racism. The civil unrest that we are witnessing is a call to action for each of us as individuals, and for all of us, collectively, to stand up and speak out for justice. We must not only "try" we must succeed in doing our part to purposefully and peaceably dismantle the policies, systems, and attitudes that have fostered the outrage and frustration that we are feeling and our children are seeing unfold in destructive ways. At the CEB, we commit to listen, learn, understand, and love through our words and our actions. We will stand with our community to condemn injustices and persist until equity is achieved.
The Community Education Building exists to help children and families overcome terrible barriers created and sustained by racism. The civil unrest that we are witnessing is a call to action for each of us as individuals, and for all of us, collectively, to stand up and speak out for justice. We must not only "try" we must succeed in doing our part to purposefully and peaceably dismantle the policies, systems, and attitudes that have fostered the outrage and frustration that we are feeling and our children are seeing unfold in destructive ways. At the CEB, we commit to listen, learn, understand, and love through our words and our actions. We will stand with our community to condemn injustices and persist until equity is achieved.
A Community must come together if it is to successfully create and offer a world-class educational experience for urban students that, across the country, experience a significant achievement gap when compared to their peers. From the planting of a concept in late 2011 to the present moment, this belief has driven everything being developed and implemented at The Community Education Building. |
CEB engages many residents, businesses, government leaders, and community organizations in Wilmington to support our schools and our joint mission to provide a world-class education to Wilmington students. We understand the need to develop and maintain a deep connection with our surrounding community. |
As we forge this path, we see three critical groups coming together in many different ways to build and achieve their desired objectives. They are our Partner Schools – our cornerstone partners committed to delivering a world-class education to students in the building, our Philanthropic Partners – those that contribute financial and in-kind resources to the initiative, and our Community Partners – those that will bring their core competencies, resources and services to accelerate the delivery of the mission and vision for this endeavor, and those that will benefit from the operating and programmatic initiatives at the CEB.
*City of Wilmington watercolor backdrop image above is provided
through the courtesy, and is the copyright of Larry Anderson.
through the courtesy, and is the copyright of Larry Anderson.
