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Oak Hill Center Emptied And Its Baggage Left Behind
The handwritten inscriptions in a stone garden inside the razor-wire gates of the Oak Hill Youth Center explain why thousands of the District's juveniles, since 1967, ended up behind bars.
By By Robert E. Pierre
The Washington Post; Friday, May 29, 2009 |
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Maya Angelou Visits Md.
MyFox Washington DC - Washington,DC,USA
The school is for at-risk students, and it is supported by Angelou's See Forever Foundation.
While she was there, Dr. Angelou gave the students some… |
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The Future, Not Past, Is What Counts, Poet Advises Oak Hill Center Youths
Washington Post, Washington DC – Washington, DC USA
Maya Angelou has dozens of honorary doctorate degrees, speaks several languages and is recognized all over the world for the more than 30 books she's written. But when she visited the Oak Hill Youth Center in Laurel yesterday… |
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NEWS ALERT!
Help Get Our Facilities Funding Restored
Contact D.C. Council Members Today!
April 2009, See Forever Foundation/Maya Angelou Public Charter School |
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School of Second Chances
The teachers at Oak Hill Academy approach their jobs with the faith that even the most hardened juvenile delinquents can achieve -- and the knowledge that many still won't.
By Karen Houppert
The Washington Post.
Sunday, April 12, 2009; Page W18 |
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Webcast
Town Hall Meeting: A Call to Action for Juvenile Justice
Included in forum: Scholars from our Oak Hill Academy, moderated by Professor Charles Ogletree from Harvard Law School, discussed a bi-partisan juvenile justice plan of action with the new presidential administration.
Georgetown Law; November 6, 2008 |
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