CCREA: "We Have a Voice..."

Today's meeting was attended by about half of our members. Several wrote me to say that they could not attend.They missed an informative sessions. Our secretary as well as our treasurer gave reports. Our scholarship chair encouraged more donations so that we can fund two scholarships. She also read a thank you note from a previous scholarship recipient and met another recipient at the Friends of the Library book sale. This recipient was buying lots of books and is already teaching at North Charleston Elementary. Cluster 3 took mugs filled with candy and other things for each faculty and staff member at NCES on December 10. Next our current vice-president introduced our guest speaker. She spoke of the Justice Ministry. She gave a brief outline of the formation and mission of the group This group is a grass roots organization that is dedicated to bettering our community. After much research and discussion the group focused in on education specifically literacy. And through their massive persistence and dedication changes were voted in by the school board to expand CD programs to an additional 250 four-year-old children. The research the group conducted spoke volumes about the need for students to be reading on grade level by the fourth grade. If the child does not accomplish this his success rate in school diminishes. It also does not bode well for students becoming productive members of society. The group is now focusing on developing programs of prevention and intervention to keep youngsters out of the juvenile detention centers. A rally will be held in the near future. This group seems to be getting things done where other groups(like teachers) are stymied in their efforts to change things for all students. This is just a very brief summary of what our speaker told us about the Justice Ministry. Our speaker said to us, "We now have a voice..." Why have we not seen or heard anything through our media outlets about this group and what they have accomplished???