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From: Andre" BreauxTo: [email protected]: RSVP Request for Mayors" Education SummitDate: Thursday, October 31, 2013 3:43:49 PMAttachments: BLEPS_RegPacket_11.12.13.pdf

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Ms. Hamilton, I am writing from Sacramento on behalf of the Office of Mayor Kevin Johnson. We would like tomake sure you received Mayor Johnson and Mayor Bell?s invitation to the Birmingham LeadersEducation Policy Summit on November 12. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement, we aim to unite100 Birmingham leaders around education as the civil rights issue of our generation. I am attaching the registration packet and a registration form. We are asking attendees to RSVP byNovember 4. The form can be completed and returned by email, or you can call me at (916) 808-7507. Andr? BreauxOffice of Mayor Kevin Johnson

R E G I S T R AT I O N PA C K E T

NOVEMBER 12, 2013 12PM - 5PM

16TH STREET BAPIST CHURCH

1530 6TH AVE N

B I R M I N G H A M , A L A B A M A

EDUCATION POLICY SUMMIT

BIRMINGHAMLEADERS

!!!Dear!Birmingham!Leader:!!As!President!and!First!Vice!President!of!the!National!Conference!of!Black!Mayors,!we!would!like!to!invite!you!to!the!Birmingham)Leaders)Education)Policy)Summit!to!be!held!Tuesday,)November)12,)2013)from)12:00)to)5:00)p.m.!at!the!16th)Street)Baptist)Church.!This!convening!will!bring!together!African!American!leaders!to!discuss!how!we!can!work!together!to!address!the!education!crisis!affecting!our!children.!!The!African!American!community!shares!a!strong!history!of!fighting!for!equal!rights!and!educational!opportunity.!While!we!have!made!great!progress,!our!students!continue!to!be!denied!the!quality!education!they!deserve.!Our!students!are!less!likely!to!be!taught!by!a!highly!effective!teacher!and!have!less!access!to!rigorous!course!content.!!These!inequalities!perpetuate!the!achievement!gap!and!allow!our!children!to!be!left!behind.!In!Alabama,!black!4th!graders!are!more!than!three!times!as!likely!to!fail!to!read!at!grade!level!and!more!than!four!times!as!likely!to!fail!to!reach!math!proficiency!as!their!white!peers.!Less!one!in!ten!black!4th!graders!perform!math!at!grade!level.!Most!of!these!students!will!never!catch!up,!and!many!drop!out.!In!Birmingham,!almost!half!of!all!9th!graders!fail!to!graduate!in!four!years.!Something!must!be!done,!and!the!African!American!community!must!lead!the!charge.!!As!we!commemorate!the!50th!anniversary!of!the!Birmingham!Civil!Rights!Movement!and!the!bombing!at!the!16th!Street!Baptist!Church,!we!recognize!that!education!is!the!civil!rights!issue!of!our!generation.!Now!is!the!time!for!us!to!come!together!in!a!united!movement!for!education!reform.!It!was!the!leadership!of!our!pastors,!civil!rights!activists!and!community!leaders!that!guided!us!in!times!past.!We!need!your!leadership!again!today.!!We!hope!you!can!join!us!on!November!12th!for!this!important!event.!Please!RSVP!by!November!4th!using!the!enclosed!registration!form.!!!!!!The!Honorable!William!A.!Bell!Mayor!of!Birmingham!First!VP,!National!Conf.!of!Black!Mayors! !!!!!The!Honorable!Kevin!Johnson!!!!!!Mayor!of!Sacramento!!!!!!President,!National!Conf.!of!Black!Mayors!!

William A. Bell, Sr Mayor City of Birmingham

Honorable William A. Bell, Sr. was sworn in on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 as the 33rd Mayor of the City of Birmingham. He was inaugurated to the Jefferson County Commission on November 12, 2008. On that day he was also elected to serve as President Pro-tem for the County Commission. He leads the County Commission in the Departments of Health and Community Services and District One. During his tenure on the Commission, he was responsible for the Department of Health and Community Services. This department included the Jefferson Rehabilitation and Health Center, Cooper Green Hospital, Coroner, Central Laundry, Community Development, Economic Development Workforce Development. Mayor William A. Bell, Sr. was a city councilman for District 5 City Council seat returning in November 2005 after a short absence that interrupted a

political career that spanned 22 years. In 1985 during his third term, he was elected by his fellow council members to serve as the first African-American President of the Birmingham City Council. He was again chosen as Birmingham City Council President in 1987 and 1997. In 1999, he also served as Interim Mayor of Birmingham. As one of the longest serving public officials in the City of Birmingham, Councilor Bell was instrumental in implementing the council consent agenda, which allowed the Council to approve with one vote any item that was non-controversial. With senior citizens in mind, he also assisted in funding a fitness track around Legion Field as well as a mini park. Councilor Bell is also responsible for the first Hope VI Project in downtown Birmingham that transformed a local inner city housing development into an affordable, mixed housing community. He also has generated more than $197 million dollars for Birmingham schools. The University of Alabama at Birmingham also received more than $87 million for capital improvements during Councilor Bell's tenure. Mayor Bell is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he received his Master's Degree in Psychology and Guidance Counseling. He also holds a Doctorate in Jurisprudence from Miles Law School. Mayor Bell has extensive professional experience in community and economic development in both the public and private sectors. Mayor Bell believes that he is first a servant of God and second, a servant of the people. Dr. Bell has been married for more than 37 years to Dr. Sharon Carson Bell and has 2 children, Judge Tony Bell who is married to Dr. Emily Bell and they are the proud parents of William Anthony Bell, III also known as Trey. The Bells also have a daughter Jillian who is an actor in New York. Both children are graduates of Ramsay High School and The University of Alabama. !

Kevin M. Johnson Mayor City of Sacramento

Elected in November 2008 and reelected in 2012, Kevin Johnson is the 55th mayor of Sacramento and the first African American to serve in this office. Mayor Johnsons vision is for Sacramento to become a city that works for everyone. As mayor, Johnson has made education a top priority and is a tireless advocate for Sacramento children. He strongly believes that in order to be a great city, you have to have great schools and is committed to identifying ways to strategically drive education reform. During his first term, Johnson accomplished a number of objectives in his ambitious plan to ensure that all Sacramento students have the opportunity to attend excellent public schools and is being referred to nationally as the education mayor.

Key accomplishments to date: Elected in 2013 as President of the National Conference of Black Mayors Currently serving as First Vice President of the US Conference of Mayors Currently serving as the founding chair of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncans Mayors Advisory

Council and former founding Chair of the U.S. Conference of Mayors Education Reform Task Force Hosted major education summits that brought nationally renowned education innovators to Sacramento

including: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mayor Cory Booker, New York Chancellor Joel Klein, former DC Public Schools Chancellor and StudentsFirst founder Michelle Rhee, and Teach For America founder Wendy Kopp.

Established a City Schools Collaborative, which aligns efforts of the five area superintendents with city services to carry out city wide initiatives

Formed STAND UP for Great Schools Sacramento, a 501c3 organization focused on accountability for results, excellent teachers and school leaders, an engaged community, educational options, and effective policy

Launched a citywide campaign- Sacramento READS! Third Grade Literacy Campaign, aiming to make Sacramento the first city in the country where all students are reading at grade level by third grade

Johnsons dedication to education began long before he started his tenure as mayor. Upon retiring from the NBA after 12 seasons with the Phoenix Suns in 2000, he returned to his Oak Park neighborhood in Sacramento to serve as the CEO of St. HOPE, a non-profit community development organization he founded in 1989 to revitalize inner-city communities through public education, economic development, civic leadership and the arts. To address a shortage in quality schools in Oak Park, he founded St. HOPE Public Schools, a preK 12 charter school system. PS7 (grades K-8) has demonstrated a reverse achievement gapwhere socioeconomically disadvantaged black students outperform their more affluent white peers and is considered one of the top schools in the state with an Academic Performance Index (API) score of 891. 2012, PS7 was awarded the Hart Vision Award for Charter School of the Year for California. In 2012, Sacramento High School, one of the first successful transformation schools in the country, has seen a significant improvement in academic achievement since re-opening as a charter school in 2003 with a four-year college acceptance rate of over 90%, up from 20%. The school earned a Pillar of Promise Award for Excellence in the Commitment of Providing Effective Education from the Americas Promise Alliance in October 2010. Mayor Johnson is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Political Science). He has served on the Board of Directors for LISC National, Teach for America, the CA Charter School Association, the UC Berkeley Foundation, the Institute of Governmental Studies National Advisory Council and the Harvard Divinity School SLI Advisory Board. His concern and compassion for children and education prompted President George Bush to honor Johnson with the 411th Point of Light. In addition, Johnson was selected as one of the 15 Greatest Men on Earth by McCalls Magazine and has received the NBAs J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, the Good Morning America Award from Sports Illustrated, the Most Caring American award by the Caring Institute, and the NCAA Silver Anniversary award. Johnson has also been inducted into the Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor, the UC Berkeley Athletic Hall of Fame, Pac-10 Hall of Honor, Sac-Joaquin Section Hall of Fame, Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame, World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame and the National High School Hall of Fame.

Our Partners

The National Conference of Black Mayors (NCBM) was founded in 1974 with the mission to enhance the executive management capacity of its member mayors. Historically, NCBM has articulated public policy positions and served as a clearinghouse for best practices and information pertinent to municipal development and financing. Today, NCBM serves the more than 650 African American mayors holding office across the United States. Collectively, these African American mayors represent over 48 million citizens. NCBM's goal is to ensure that African American mayors, regardless of the size or location of the city they serve, have a voice on the national stage to best serve their constituents. The mission of the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) is to increase access to high-quality educational options for Black children by actively supporting transformational education reform initiatives and parental choice policies that empower low-income and working-class Black families. STAND UP is an education nonprofit dedicated to ensuring every child has the opportunity to attend an excellent public school. It is our mission to inform, empower and mobilize the community to advocate for and support public schools that attain high levels of academic achievement and college completion for all children.

StudentsFirst is a national advocacy organization working to put the laws and policies in place to ensure that every child receives a high-quality public education. We represent 2 million members nation-wide, with over 28,000 here in Alabama and 3,500 in Birmingham. Together, we advocate for school systems that put students first by elevating the teaching profession, providing families with quality school choices and using resources wisely.

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BLEPS_RegForm.docx

Ms. Hall, I am writing from Sacramento on behalf of the Office of Mayor Kevin Johnson. We would like tomake sure you received Mayor Johnson and Mayor Bells invitation to the Birmingham LeadersEducation Policy Summit on November 12. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement, we aim to unite100 Birmingham leaders around education as the civil rights issue of our generation. I am attaching the registration packet and a registration form. We are asking attendees to RSVP byNovember 4. The form can be completed and returned by email, or you can call me at (916) 808-7507. Andr? BreauxOffice of Mayor Kevin Johnson




1530 6TH AVE N



BIRMINGHAMLEADERS