“When I was in high school... I loved the outdoors, and I was introduced to wilderness camping. I was in a little prep school - a boarding school in southern California, in Ojai - and when I was in this school, they had a camping program, and there would be regular trips: hikes into the mountains, the Sierras, the Sespe River Valley, and different places.” LittlesDifferentWould BeSchoolMountainHigh SchoolProgramRiversCaliforniaWildernessValleysSouthernDifferent PlaceCampingSierraPrepsSouthern California Author:Keith Carradine
“But all was not sunshine and Marvin Gaye songs. [UCLA] also recruited black students as part of a High Potential Program that was meant to bring diversity to the campus. Two of the students that were part of that program were Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins, Jr., both members of the Black Panther Party's Southern California Chapter.” TwoSongBlackPartyStudentsMembersDiversityProgramCaliforniaSunshineSouthernChaptersCarterCampusMarvinPanthersUclaSouthern CaliforniaBlack PantherBlack Panther Party Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“There are great jazz educators that I meet all the time. I met a guy named Paul Luchessi who has a high school jazz program in Fresno. And Bob Athayde who runs a junior high program in Lafayette, California. And man, we walked into these schools and Paul Luchessi said, "Jon is the composer of Paradox." A hundred or something kids started to applaud. "What? You guys know that? I'm so blown away.” KnowsMenSaidRunningKidsSchoolGuyMetsHundredHigh SchoolProgramJazzCaliforniaParadoxComposerBobJuniorsEducatorJunior HighBlown AwayLafayette Author:Jon Gordon
“Everywhere you look, there is a charity or a project in school to get involved in. In eighth grade, there was this program called CJSF, California Junior Scholarship Foundation. We were involved in soup kitchens and toy drives, and your school can set up something like that. If your school doesn't have a program like that, set one up.” IfsLooksSchoolInvolvedProjectsProgramFoundationCharityCaliforniaKitchenGradesToysSoupGet InvolvedJuniorsScholarshipEighth GradeSoup Kitchens Author:Lindsey Shaw