On Line Auction & Annual Walk-A-Thon Success!
Our on-line auction featured
cruises, an African Safari, books and CD's, restaurant
gift certificates, fabulous jewelry, and much much more.
More than $10,000 in bids had been placed by the close
of the auction on May 10. Sponsorships from AAA of
Southern NE, Financial Innovations, Statewide Plumbing,
Case Construction, All City Towing, Aaronson Lavoie
Streitfeld Diaz & Co, and BTS Tire brought in another
$2,000, and our Walk-A-Thon mailing added another
$3,000.
Meanwhile, UCAP kids raised more
than $1,300 from friends, family, and neighbors.
The net proceeds should exceed
$14,000, all of which will benefit the Beyond School
programs our kids need to succeed.
Accelerating America's
New York Premiere a Smashing Success!
Now available online
through Amazon.com
"Accelerating America," the award-winning documentary
about UCAP, is now available on-line to watch or
download (for a small fee). Currently, the film is on
Amazon and it will be available from other sites as
well.
View or download video.
The April 7th premiere attracted luminaries such as
Joanne Woodward, Oscar-winning actress (and widow of the
late actor, race car driver and philanthropist Paul
Newman), author Gay Talese and his wife, Senior VP at
Doubleday Nan Talese, Broadway star of South Pacific
Kelli O'Hara and her husband, singer-songwriter Greg
O'Hara, and his father actor and Brown grad James
Naughton.
Chris Horton of Cinetec, which is distributing the film,
announced that it will be available for downloading or
to purchase a DVD on Amazon by May 1.
A
trailer is already up on YouTube,
More than 130 people attended the screening, which was
held at the fabulous new Museum of Arts & Design.
Click here to
visit the Museum's web site.
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NEW:
View
spring newsletter online.
NEW:
Julia Steiny featured UCAP in a
two-part series in the Providence Journal on
April 12 and 19 respectively.
click here.
NEW:
Urban Education and our Democracy’s Future” in
“Independent Schools
More
The Lucky Man
(Brown Alumni Magazine, March 2009)
"I was born on third base," middle
school principal Rob DeBlois '82 AM says
frequently. What he means by this is that he was
born with advantages well beyond the reach of
most children.
More
UCAP
Director Rob Deblois, filmmaker Tim
Hotchner and Jason, America and Yazmine
attend the Rhode Island International
Film Festival screening of "Accelerating
America." Hotchner followed the three
students for a full school year,
capturing their school and home lives
and depicting the challenges each faced
in trying to overcome the obstacles of
academic failure, poverty, and
abandonment. Click here for Bob Kerr's column about
the film.
Click here to read more
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