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The National Urban League Wire
Published: Wed. Dec 31, 1969 at 7:00 pm | Updated: Thu. Feb 20, 2014 at 2:37 pm | Comments: 0
www.WOWT.com: Whitney M. Young Academy Helps Break The Cycle Of Poverty
Educatin has been called the key to advancement. Getting that key and opening the door has been somewhat problematic for some. The Whitney Young academy helps unlock that door for African-Americans in our community.
It's a program that helps minorities reach their potential. Nali Knight is emerging from the shadows of her youth looking forward to a bright future. "I'm just a very nurturing person," she said. "I want to be a neo natal nurse." The Central High grad is now a full time nursing student at UNO. Her academic success came from within, but she's had some help. "My involvement in my extra curricular activities kind of helped me to grow academically as well, she said."
Nali spent a lot of time at the Urban League's Whitney Young Jr. Academy.
"It's like a home, it's like a family," she said. "It just instilled in me a sense of self a sense of knowledge and a sense of importance. And it just helped me to do different activities get involved in my community and meet lots of great people."
"It's like a home, it's like a family," she said. "It just instilled in me a sense of self a sense of knowledge and a sense of importance. And it just helped me to do different activities get involved in my community and meet lots of great people."
Whitney Young was the national leader of the Urban League in the 1950s. He was a major player in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. To Young, education equaled a ticket to success. Tom Warren has seen first hand the benefits of education. As a former Omaha Police Chief, he's seen plenty of the bad things that can happen. Now the Urban League of Nebraska's Executive Director, he believes many just need a little help to break the cycle of poverty.
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