October 6, 2010
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Navigating Inequity
Author of
inspirational
book to speak
Cedric Jennings, the urban high
school student who became the
subject o f the inspirational book “A
Hope in the Unseen,” will speak at
Warner Pacific College on Tues
day, Oct. 12 at 10:30 a.m. followed
by a brown bag lunch Q & A session
at 11:30a.m.
Both events are free and open to
the public. The campus is located at
2219 S.E. 68th Ave. and Division
Street.
Currently a social worker and
speaker, Jennings came into the
national spotlight through a 1995
Pulitzer Prize-winning article by
“Wall Street Journal” reporter Ron
Suskind that profiled Jennings’
uphill battle as a top high school
student in one o f Washington D.C. ’s
most dangerous neighborhoods.
Jennings weathered the ridicule
o f his peers and gained entrance
into Brown University, in Rhode
Island, only to discover how poorly
prepared he was academically and
socially. He eventually graduated
with a bachelor’s degree in educa
tion and later earned m aster’s de
grees from Harvard University and
the University o f Michigan.
Mr. Jennings’ story provides an
intimate perspective on the chal
lenges that face urban students as
they navigate a world o f educa
tional, racial, and economic ineq
uity. The book has had such a pow-
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erfui influence on Warner Pacific
President Andrea P. Cook that she
has used it as a textbook in past
courses, and has distributed a copy
to each college employee in prepa
ration for Jennings’ visit.
“As an urban, Christian liberal
arts college, Warner Pacific has an
important role to play in transform
ing the lives o f students,” said Presi
dent Cook. “As we live into our
urban mission to be Tn the City, For
the City,’ we have much to learn
from Cedric’s experience.”
Cedric Jennings
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