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Couple starts "The Village" to help aspiring Black teachers Doctors Peter and Didi Watts launched this dream to help teachers find affordable housing. Amanda Starrantino reports.
A groundbreaking program in Los Angeles seeks to eliminate the hurdles Black men face in becoming teachers.
The Watts of Power Foundation becomes a recipient of The Durfee Foundations’s Springboard Fund.
Los Angeles Daily News - March 5, 2023
Salesforce Announces Unrestricted Grants to 10 Black-Led Nonprofits Empowering Youth
Today, in honor of Black History Month, we are announcing 10 new grantees of the Salesforce Catalyst Fund, which provides critical, unrestricted capital to nonprofits led by underrepresented leaders. The latest grantees include nonprofits led by Black leaders who are forging pathways to education and career success for young people of color in the United States.
It’s a stark reality: Black and Latinx nonprofit leaders today receive only about 4% of philanthropic funding in the U.S., though they make up approximately 10% of nonprofit leadership nationwide. And, we know that the gap is even greater when it comes to unrestricted funding....
Parents discussed their priorities for the $18 Billion budget LAUSD has this year, focusing on ensuring funds meant to provide resources like high-quality tutoring reach students hit hardest by the pandemic this year and don’t go unspent. The Watts of Power Foundation was part of this advocacy efforts to hold the school district accountable.
Thanks to the support of New Schools Venture Fund, The Watts of Power Foundation can begin its work on its flagship project called The Teacher Village Initiative. NewSchools provides funding and management assistance to innovators leading early stage organizations that are diversifying the PreK-12 education workforce. The Watts of Power Foundation is one of the ventures that is receiving funding and support from NewSchools Venture Fund in 2022.
Peter and Dr. Didi Watts sit with Dr. Johnson and tell their story about how the Watts of Power Foundation got started.
Hi Peter, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
When I was a former principal of Thurgood Marshall Middle School, I saw the need and the disparity in education around black children and foster care. They were disproportionately affected and I wanted to do something about it….Read more here
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Peter, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
My 201+ years of experience in education in the inner city of Los Angeles (Watts, and South Central) has allowed me as a teacher, founding charter school principal and district administrator and former Regional Vice President for the West Region of Los Angeles Christian School enabled me to experience the broad landscape of education across the country. These experiences were great but it was always one element missing and that being moral and character development of students in an intentional way…. Read more here