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ACT-SO To Host Orientation Meeting
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
On Saturday, December 10th, the Hillsborough County Branch NAACP’S Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics organization, known as ACT-SO, will host an orientation meeting. The meeting will take place at 12:30 p.m., at the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, 1002 E. Palm Av- enue.
The orientation is being held to allow new partici- pants to join the organiza-
tion. No new participants will be allowed to join after January 2017. Those inter- ested in joining must also be high school students and willing to become members of the Tampa Youth Council.
The Council will be re- sponsible for providing on- going mentoring, showcasing participants locally, and tak- ing the winners of the com- petition to the national competition. The national competition will be held in Baltimore, Maryland in July 2017.
The ACT-SO Program is a year-long program that be-
gins in the fall of each year in communities nationwide. It culminates in local and na- tional competitions during the spring.
During the summer, the national competition is held and students have an oppor- tunity to compete with other regional winners for top hon- ors.
The national competition consists of 29 disciplines. Participants can select three of those disciplines to com- pete. Those disciplines in-
clude: science, technology, engineering, mathematics, performing, humanities, vi- sual arts, culinary arts, and entrepreneurship.
Every April, local chap- ters host local ACT-SO com- petitions. The gold medalists from those competitions are invited to compete on the na- tional level all expenses paid.
The winners will receive prizes ranging from $500 to $1500. Culinary students compete for culinary scholar- ships.
The Hillsborough County NAACP and the NAACP Tampa Youth Council will also partner with the local schools, churches, sororities and fraternities to recruit and prepare Hillsborough County youth for local and national competitions.
Anyone interested in ob- taining more information about the orientation can contact Jawan Ayer-Cole, MD, Co-Advisor, at (813) 362-6634, or email jawan- cole@yahoo.com.
100 Black Men Of Tampa, Inc. Announces 2017 Pathways To Success Program
The 100 Black Men of Tampa Inc. announces the launch of its 2016-2017 Path- ways to Success Program sponsored by Wells Fargo. The program is offered to both male and female, Junior and Senior high school stu- dents. There will be a maxi- mum of 30 students recruited.
Each student will spend Saturdays during the winter semester (January – May 2017) being mentored, learn- ing entrepreneurship, build- ing a business idea, learning a set of soft skills, learning about investing and banking, and will participate in Career Fair and job shadowing at the conclusion of the program.
The program will start on Friday, December 16, 2016 with an orientation session. Computer Mentors will pro- vide laptop computers to the first 25 students for use dur- ing the program.
The program is ab- solutely FREE for the stu- dents. It has an educational value in ex- cess of $10,000!! Addi- tionally, students will receive a financial stipend after successful completion of the pro- gram.
The Pathways to Success Program, as defined by 100
Black Men of America, will consist of the following com- ponents:
• Program & Participant Ori- entation
• Entrepreneurship Basics
• Essentials to Career Success • OJS - On the Job Shadow- ing and/or Career Day Event
The program will launch on December 16, 2016, 7 p. m. at the Hillsborough Com- munity College, Ybor Cam- pus, Tampa, and all sessions will be held at the Ybor cam- pus. Participants should reg- ister now at www.100BlackMenofTam- paBay.org prior to Friday, DECEMBER 9, 2016.
The 100 Black Men of Tampa Bay, Inc. (100 BMTB) is a 501(c)(3) community service organization that was officially chartered on June 5, 2002. Since that time, the or- ganization has worked dili- gently towards channeling resources and opportunities into agendas that reinforce the core tenets of the 100 – Mentoring, Health and Well- ness, Education, and Eco- nomic Development. Initiated by the national or- ganization and collectively known as the “Four for the Future,” these programs have been earmarked as vital to the future success of African Americans.
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