S01 - Ep.4: Build a Bridge W/ Dom Portis
In this episode, Tone and Larry bring on Dom Portis to discuss the importance of education, complexities of teaching in the inner city, and grapple with solutions for fixing glaring issues in our education system.
In this episode, Tone and Larry bring on Dom Portis to discuss the importance of education, complexities of teaching in the inner city, and grapple with solutions for fixing glaring issues in our education system.
A few helpful links based on today’s conversation:
• https://www.litwi.org/
• https://www.blocbybloc.org/our-vision
• https://unitedwaygmwc.org/Education/Community-Schools
• https://www.epi.org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america/
• https://naf.org/
• https://dpi.wi.gov/accountability/report-cards
• https://www.cityforwardcollective.org/
• https://mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/en/District/About-MPS/Departments/Office-of-the-Superintendent/Black-and-Latino-Male-Achievement.htm
Tap in with Dom Portis @sirdomhustle on all social media platforms (Dom Hustle is also the creator of Hustle Reponsibly).
Welcome to the ScholarChip$ podcast hosted by Larry Alexander and Tone Gaines. Larry is a transactional attorney at a Fortune 100 Company. Tone is a Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions attorney at a large law firm in Chicago. But more importantly, both Larry and Tone are Black Men from the inner city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The duo started ScholarChip$ to (1) create a platform to have candid conversations with scholars and (2) normalize academics as a viable way to achieve upward mobility in Black and Brown communities.
A few helpful links based on today’s conversation:
• https://www.litwi.org/
• https://www.blocbybloc.org/our-vision
• https://unitedwaygmwc.org/Education/Community-Schools
• https://www.epi.org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america/
• https://naf.org/
• https://dpi.wi.gov/accountability/report-cards
• https://www.cityforwardcollective.org/
• https://mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/en/District/About-MPS/Departments/Office-of-the-Superintendent/Black-and-Latino-Male-Achievement.htm
Tap in with Dom Portis @sirdomhustle on all social media platforms (Dom Hustle is also the creator of Hustle Reponsibly).
Welcome to the ScholarChip$ podcast hosted by Larry Alexander and Tone Gaines. Larry is a transactional attorney at a Fortune 100 Company. Tone is a Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions attorney at a large law firm in Chicago. But more importantly, both Larry and Tone are Black Men from the inner city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The duo started ScholarChip$ to (1) create a platform to have candid conversations with scholars and (2) normalize academics as a viable way to achieve upward mobility in Black and Brown communities.
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