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My Brother’s Keeper Alliance

Shaun Haper John Legend

In May, U.S. President Barack Obama announced the launch of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance (“MBK Alliance”), which aims to make the American Dream available to all boys and young men of color by eliminating gaps in their opportunities and outcomes. Penn Graduate School of Education (GSE) professor Shaun R. Harper was appointed to the MBK Alliance Advisory Council, along with Penn alumnus and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. Penn alumnus John Legend was named Honorary Chairman of the Alliance.

Dr. Harper is the founding director of Penn GSE’s Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education. He has dedicated his career to studying the patterns that have allowed disadvantaged Black and Latino males to succeed, and searching for ways to expand those pathways to success. He also co-directs the new RISE for Boys and Men of Color initiative (Almanac February 24, 2015).

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