Senate confirmation hearings will begin today for Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Education. How should people of faith who care about our nation’s most vulnerable students think about her nomination? We’ve got you covered. The Expectations Project has joined forces with more than a dozen prominent Christian leaders and launched a …
Closing the academic achievement gap is a big challenge, but people of faith have a real opportunity to make a difference. Moving the needle will only be possible if we work together. This issue is too big and too important for any one organization to tackle on its own. In 2015-16 The Expectations Project partnered some of the nation’s …
Gospel recording artist Kirk Franklin and The Expectations Project’s president, Nicole Baker Fulgham shared the stage at the 47th Annual Dove Awards on Tuesday, October 11 to spotlight the Hope for Students movement and unveil a new video calling Christians to learn more and take action on edcuational equity. Watch their appearance at the Dove Awards, and the new Hope …
Last week our founder had the opportunity to speak on education inequality at the Dove Awards. Check out the segment with Nicole Baker Fulgham featuring Kirk Franklin: At the Dove Awards, Kirk Franklin also received the award for Gospel Artist of the year. In his acceptance speech, he encouraged Christians to change the narrative on racial inequality and …
Last week we hosted the Zip Code ≠ Destiny concert with Pastors Gabriel and Jeanette Salguero at Calvario City Church, a latino megachurch in Orlando, Florida. Over the summer, we ran a content through Hope For Students and the zip code that generated the most pledges won a concert featuring Kirk Franklin, Propaganda, Sho Baraka, and Derek Minor. The concert …
Join us today as we interview Dr. Jeffry Woods, the Indianapolis Regional Director for The Expectations Project. Recently, our Indy TEP team held a clergy roundtable gathering in order to discuss and educate clergy members about the need for early childhood education in the Indianapolis community. Read on to learn more about what’s happening and Indy and how these …
This past month, our organization was represented at the Christian Community Development Association National Conference by our very own Zakiya Jackson. We were blessed to have the chance to share the Hope For Students story with the conference attendees. Many conference attendees also took the #HopeForStudents pledge to shine a light on education inequality. See more highlights from the conference below… Our …
Yesterday thousands of people in 80 cities across the country and around the world gathered for Q Commons. The event has been described as “TED for culturally engaged Christians”. It features important conversations aimed at promoting the connections between faith and the common good at a local and national level. As one of the local speakers at Q Commons DC, …
