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Tampa Woman Says ‘No More Meetings, Time For Action’
Florida Everest Schools Protected From Being Shutdown
SHEILAH YOUNGBLOOD
BY LEON B. CREWS Sentinel Staff Writer
Businesswoman and co-founder of the non- profit group, “Our Sisters, Our Friends,” Mrs. Sheilah Youngblood said she wants to send out a message.
“The message I want to send is to tell people the meetings and marches need to come to an end, because none of it has made a difference in dealing with the growing violence among our young people.
“When a 14-year-old boy is shot at a birth- day party and a family can’t mourn the loss of a loved one without someone being shot, it’s time to say that’s it and I’m not going to take it
anymore.”
Mrs. Youngblood said the root of the
problem is we, as a community, need to step up. “I want to know how many adults out there are willing to take a stand and find a solution to what’s going on. We are going to have a dis- astrous summer if we don’t deal with this now. “Let’s stop talking and do what we need to do. How many are willing to step up and say they are tired of seeing so many young people
dying and for nothing.”
Mrs. Youngblood said she wants to see
grandmothers, mothers and other family mem- bers taking the initiative, and reach out to these troubled young people.
“Sooner or later, we’re going to get tired of burying our children. That’s why we are asking the thugs, gang members, shot callers, and oth- ers to join us so we can find out what all the anger is about.”
Mrs. Youngblood said she wishes all of them would listen to the words of a Marvin Gaye song called “What’s Going On.”
“In the song, Marvin calls out to the mothers and tells them there’s too many of them crying, and brothers there’s far too many of you dying. He also says we’ve got to find a way to bring some loving here today.
“That’s exactly the approach we need to take. It’s got to come from a place where people will know we’re serious. We just can’t sit back and allow this violence to change our neighbor- hoods, and corrupt our smaller children.”
It was an- nounced that after years of investiga- tions by the federal government, Corinthian Col- leges, Incorporated would be closing more than two dozen of its re- maining schools, many of them Everest Schools.
The majority of the closures are occurring at schools in Cali- fornia and the move ended problems at one of the nation’s largest for-profit college chains. It also presented fresh challenges to the students, who now have to seek transfers or federal loan forgive- ness.
The loans were both the lifeblood and downfall of the Orange County company. Access to student debt fueled high tuition and big profits until the federal government stepped in and cut off the tap last year, accusing Corinthian of falsifying job placement rates.
The Florida campuses were not affected by the closures as a deal was made in February where Corinthian sold their Florida schools to the Zenith Education Group.
A spokesperson for Zenith said students attending classes at Everest in Florida will not have their educational process dis- rupted at all.
“It will be classes as usual, and the students in Florida will see nothing changed regarding their loans or class schedules.”
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