Thomas-Barrios Works on School Access
January 23, 2009 11:12 AM
Kim Thomas-Barrios, director of the USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI), met in Washington, D.C., in December with other recipients of grants from the Lumina Foundation to discuss best practices and plan future work.
Based in Indianapolis, the Lumina Foundation is a private, independent foundation that strives to expand student access and success in education beyond high school.
The NAI is part of SoCal CAN, a consortium of 20 college pathway programs in Southern California which currently has a Lumina grant.
Thomas-Barrios, past president of the consortium, is chair of the group’s Know How to Go effort for middle and high school students.
“At the meetings, I was talking to people from states such as Florida and Ohio that use kickoff events for their Know How to Go programs,” she said. “We would love to do a campaign rally at L.A. Live with students from all 20 Southern California programs.”
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