More than 98 percent of NYC-ACT-SO students graduate from high school and 85 percent go on to college. The program offers a singular experience and level of recognition that greatly impacts students’ lives long after high school, including the lives of these NYC ACT-SO alumni: Mike Phillips, a world-renowned saxophonist who has toured with Stevie Wonder, given a command performance for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, and toured with Prince’s 2004 Musicology Tour. Mr.
Hidden Beach Recordings and will release his sophomore album in May 2005. He also is the first non-athlete to secure an endorsement contract with Nike.Kimberly Acham, an accomplished artist who earned her fine arts degree at New York University, became a junior curator for the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and is a purchasing agent for a major art dealer.Everton Prospere, M.D., who earned his medical degree from the City College of New York and is a successful, practicing physician in Brooklyn.
Legacy of National NAACP ACT-SO Creator Vernon Jarrett:The 2005 NAACP ACT-SO season is the first since last year’s passing of legendary journalist and civil rights activist Vernon Jarrett, who created the national program in 1977. The NYC ACT-SO chapter was founded in 1987 by Anton Tomlinson and Benjamin Duster IV, a direct descendant of justice crusader and journalist Ida B. Wells. NYC ACT-SO will uphold and expand Mr.
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