October 6, 2010
% Minority & Small Business Week
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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