Participants: Yvonne Lewis (Host), Dr. Marco Clark
Series Code: UBR
Program Code: UBR000073
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00:01 One of my all time favorite interviews
00:02 for Urban Report is live in the studio today. 00:06 Stay tuned to meet him. 00:07 My name is Yvonne Lewis 00:08 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:32 Hello and welcome to Urban Report. 00:35 My guest today is Dr. Marco Clark, 00:37 founder and CEO of the Richard Wright Public Charter School 00:41 for Journalism and Media Arts in Washington, D.C. 00:45 Welcome, Dr. Clark. Hi, hello. 00:48 You know you were here before via Skype 00:54 and our viewers got to hear some of your journey 00:58 but for those who didn't watch it and I encourage you, 01:02 if you did not see that first interview with Dr. Marco Clark 01:06 you need to get that, 01:08 go order it, check it out, show it to your young people, 01:12 your children, your youth group, 01:14 it's a powerful testimony. 01:17 Can you just give us, just a little bit of your journey 01:21 so that people will understand 01:23 why you are one of my favorite interviewers? 01:26 Well, thanks for saying that but one of the things 01:29 that I encounter is that at 11 years old I was told 01:31 that I was functionally illiterate 01:33 by guidance counselor. 01:35 I had no idea what functionally illiteracy was when, 01:38 she called me into the office, 01:39 I actually thought I had done something great, 01:41 I mean the word functionally illiteracy was a large word 01:45 and you know, you were calling me to the office, 01:47 I just knew it was something positive 01:49 until my mom came to the school 01:51 and I saw this crazy look on her face 01:54 that I had never seen before 01:55 and I started to play through my mind like any other child. 01:59 What did I do wrong? 02:00 Did I do something that cause mom 02:02 to really get out of source with me 02:04 and it wasn't that at all. 02:06 She didn't have a answer for me which was interesting. 02:10 My mom was one of those individuals who could talk 02:12 until the night comes and night comes again 02:15 but she didn't have a answer for me. 02:17 So my journey led me with that label, 02:21 after I found out exactly what it was. 02:23 It led me into a life of negativity. 02:26 I began to be on those street corners, 02:29 I stole cars, I didn't do well in school. 02:33 It caused me to actually graduate 02:35 from high school with a 1.6 grade average. 02:38 I spent five years in high school instead of four 02:41 and I scoured 480 on SAT and you know they only, 02:45 they give you 200 points side of your name you know 02:48 and with that journey I even was rejected 02:52 to over 150 colleges and universities. 02:55 That one label did something to my life 02:59 and it wasn't until I got to college 03:01 and met a professor Dr. Johnny L Wilson 03:04 at Clark Atlanta University, 03:05 who is my hero that really told me that all of the issues 03:09 I ever encountered and the reason 03:11 I was called functional illiterate 03:12 was because I had a issue with reading. 03:14 I had a issue with reading comprehension 03:17 and with that I pretty much was ready 03:20 to give up even with college. 03:22 You know, if it wasn't for this particular gentleman 03:25 and the dean who opened a door 03:27 that allowed me to even come into the university 03:30 to give me an opportunity to see if I could change my life. 03:33 Imagine what I would've become without them. 03:35 Isn't that-- isn't it amazing how a label 03:39 can change the trajectory of your life 03:41 because prior to that, you know, you're thinking 03:45 you know, you got it all together, 03:46 you're just as fun, happy go lucky kid 03:49 and then you find out 03:50 that you're a "functional illiterate" 03:53 and your whole life changes. 03:56 It crumbled. 03:57 In the fifth grade I actually won the Spelling Bee. 04:01 So you're talking to a kid that really always loved words 04:05 and many times people don't recognize that, 04:09 folks, you know, can really love words 04:11 and understand how to define them and spell them 04:13 but the comprehension is the challenge 04:16 that most of our kids are facing with today. 04:18 And we don't do a very good job 04:19 of addressing that comprehension level. 04:21 And so when you think about it, 04:23 here I was in a fifth grade becoming a Spelling Bee winner 04:27 and in the sixth grade, in 11 years 04:28 I was told I was functionally illiterate. 04:31 That just damaged my whole premise 04:33 on what I thought education was about 04:35 and why would I want to move forward 04:38 to do something positive academically. 04:40 And so you went from being Spelling Bee champ 04:45 to the "functional illiterate" 04:47 who then began to live out the label. 04:50 Exactly. 04:51 And so you in college, someone turned you around this whole-- 04:56 and you know, of course as we always talk about 04:58 on Dare to Dream, God had a plan for you. 05:00 God had a plan for me. 05:01 'Cause look at what you're doing now. 05:03 Tell us how you got out from the label 05:06 and into where you are now? 05:08 Dr. Wilson made me have a tutor for every class that I was in. 05:14 So if you could imagine here I was on a campus 05:17 and everything was going on, 05:18 I had a great time more in the campus 05:20 and I was having to still ditch my friends 05:23 in order to go have a tutor. 05:25 So I never let my friends know 05:27 that I actually had tutors for every class that I was in. 05:30 And the reading aspect came about that I recognized that 05:34 you know, if I could just learn how to take large passages 05:37 and chunk them and begin to write notes 05:39 that I will understand the work. 05:41 And so when I went to class I was so excited 05:44 because I got the work, I had the energy 05:47 and this gentleman had taught me something 05:49 that I didn't know and it was-- 05:51 I went from graduating from high school with 1.6 05:54 to graduating from undergraduate with a 3.3 05:57 to graduating with the Master's degree with the 3.6 06:01 and getting a Doctorate degree with a 3.9 GPA. 06:04 Oh, come on now. 06:05 God was really in my corner pushing me along 06:07 and show me that I could overcome 06:09 that label but I had no idea. 06:11 Yes, yes, and that's why what you're doing now 06:15 is so important because you've been there. 06:18 Tell us what you're doing now? 06:20 What are you doing? 06:21 Currently, I serve as the founder 06:23 and CEO of Richard Wright Public Charter School 06:26 for Journalism and Media Arts in Washington, D.C. 06:29 and the premise of-- first of all Richard Wright 06:32 was a great writer in my opinion. 06:35 He had some controversial things but one of the things 06:37 he was very cautious about his community 06:39 and that's one of the things 06:41 that we serve some of the most challenging students 06:43 in the District of Columbia. 06:45 The second thing is that 06:46 if you could be a great reader with my idea. 06:50 If I could get you to read then I can get you to write. 06:53 And if I could get you to write 06:54 you will become a great journalist 06:56 and the journalist's requires you to do research 06:59 which goes into reading which then goes into writing. 07:02 So if you could become a great reader 07:04 you could become a great writer. 07:06 And if you could read and write 07:07 then somewhere along a line 07:09 you would have auteur peace that comes along with you 07:12 and you would be able to voice your opinions 07:14 and actually be a change agent for your community. 07:17 So we put it all together 07:19 and we have Richard Wright Public Charter School 07:21 for Journalism and Media Arts 07:23 where we can have a voice of change for our kids. 07:26 That is so incredible 07:28 'cause our kids are so desperately in need of change, 07:32 in need of higher education and quality education. 07:38 What do you think is at the root of the problems 07:42 that we are having educationally now? 07:45 I without a doubt first of all I believe that public school 07:49 as we've known it in the past is totally broken 07:53 and I've worked in this school around for over 20 years 07:57 and I've seen so many different things happen, 08:00 with bureaucratic policies, 08:03 things that are just not for kids. 08:05 I've seen our kids become pawns for other's gains 08:08 which is not what is intended to be. 08:10 The second thing is that I've watched our kids 08:13 come in three, four, five grade levels behind 08:16 by the time they get to high school 08:17 there is a major chance that they will not be able to go out 08:22 and become productive 08:23 because the bottom line is that our kids cannot read. 08:26 We have issues with reading 08:28 and that's why I'm so thankful for the work that you guys do 08:32 and that, you know, as a body that believes in Christ, 08:38 believes that we have a high being that we must do something 08:41 because the premise of all churches is reading. 08:44 The very foundation of the work we do deals with reading. 08:48 If you can't read and study the word 08:51 then how can you be productive? 08:53 And so therefore it drops right into the school systems 08:56 that we must change because listen, 08:58 people start thinking its just a school systems 09:00 that's gonna be affected 09:01 but if people grow up and gonna take it 09:03 to have generations of illiterate folks, 09:06 the church is going to crumble eventually 09:08 because eventually somebody has to move on 09:11 and new folks have to come in. 09:13 They have to be able to read in order to move it forward. 09:15 So it's our job to make sure 09:18 that we are doing what's necessary to move along. 09:21 That part of reading, 09:23 it will affect other assets of the community as well, 09:27 aspects of the community as well. 09:29 That, and that's, that-- reading you know, 09:32 remember that program Reading is Fundamental? 09:34 Yes. Reading is Fundamental. 09:36 If you can't read your whole life is just damaged. 09:41 If you are illiterate your whole life 09:44 is just not what it could be 09:46 because reading opens up new worlds for you. 09:49 And one of my concerns, Dr. Clark, 09:52 as I talk to young people around the country and stuff 09:55 is they can't, many of them can't read, 09:59 they can't speak properly, they can't write, 10:03 I mean, you get things that are written by kids 10:07 and you just want to go-- 10:10 why didn't they learn how to write even a basic letter? 10:14 So it could really concerns me where we are 10:17 and that our kids don't have a burden to read 10:21 and what you are doing is you are stressing, 10:25 and your school is stressing the importance of reading. 10:29 If you can't read, you can't progress in life. 10:32 There is a notion that we have to really begin to understand, 10:36 we are gonna have to go back to training parents. 10:39 You know, the parents are playing a major issue 10:42 in the destruction of our communities. 10:45 And the reason I say that, not all parents, 10:47 clearly there are some great parents, 10:49 but there's not enough that are really entrenched 10:51 with the work of their young people, 10:53 the work of their children and nephews, 10:55 nieces and so on and so forth. 10:57 Reading starts at age zero. 11:00 When they sit in womb you have to begin to nurture their mind 11:03 so that when kids are of-- you know, out of the womb 11:07 and they are there and they are laughing and joking with you 11:09 so they can begin to, you know, love reading, 11:12 begin to take that into their hearts and minds 11:15 and begin to move forward. 11:17 But reading is that, people who can read don't commit crimes 11:21 because they have options. 11:24 Wow, that is deep. Now that's a deep thing. 11:27 Unless it's a white collar crime that's a whole thing. 11:33 Violent crimes usually, no, no, they don't 11:36 but that's absolutely true. 11:38 You know, if-- well, you said a few things, 11:41 number one, parental involvement. 11:44 So many times and I, I mean, 11:47 some people might get angry with me, 11:49 you might get over angry with me for saying this 11:51 but I just have to say it. 11:52 So many times we push everything onto the school 11:56 but what about at home? 11:58 What about reading? 11:59 Reading the Sabbath school lesson to your children, 12:01 reading church-- reading the Bible to your children, 12:05 taking your children to church 12:07 and letting them read the memory verse. 12:10 I mean things like that, 12:12 we could be doing from the outside, 12:14 reading in the womb, when my babies-- 12:17 when I was having my kids, I read to them in the womb. 12:21 You know, they-- it gives them an appreciation for learning. 12:27 Things like going to the library, it's free. 12:30 They have story hours. Absolutely. 12:32 Take your young kids to the library. 12:33 There are things that we can do that can actually, 12:38 really help and foster 12:39 and encourage learning and reading. 12:43 So what you are saying is so critical. 12:46 I just believe that, you know, 12:48 the churches have to get involved, 12:50 the communities are gonna have to do more as well. 12:53 We recognize that there is a challenge 12:55 so I'm reaching out to all of my churches 12:57 in my area saying, host study hours. 12:59 Let's have you know, community study hours for kids. 13:03 You have educators that are in church, 13:05 have them come and work with our young people. 13:08 We have to do something to change what's going on 13:10 and people will need to recognize 13:12 the critical aspect of what's really going on. 13:15 The bigger part of what I see that is, 13:18 is there with the parents, 13:20 is that-- our kids, if they have parents around 13:22 they are not accountable to them. 13:24 One of the reasons I was not able to overcome, 13:27 my challenges is because I was accountable to my parents. 13:31 I was accountable regardless of what I did 13:33 even though I got in trouble 13:34 and I went out in the street and did certain things, 13:37 I still was accountable to my parents. 13:39 I would only do so much 13:41 and then I recognize I still had to be accountable to them, 13:44 our young people don't have that now. 13:46 So in order to really engage them 13:49 in my public charter school, 13:52 I have a relationship with the kids, 13:54 so if they have no accountability to anyone else 13:56 they have accountability to me. 13:58 And the differences is, 13:59 is that I will show up in their community, 14:02 I will go to their outside events 14:04 that they are involved in, 14:05 so that when they see me, 14:07 the negative things that they were going to do, 14:09 it changes at moment. 14:11 You know, you had kids that would curse around masseuse 14:14 but when they saw a masseuse 14:15 they immediately wanted to run away shy, 14:18 because they were accountable to that particular person. 14:21 That's how we have begin to do as a community 14:23 and begin to change 14:24 because we can't change these parents right now, 14:27 we can try to educate them and provide information 14:29 but the kids are who is going to lead the future. 14:32 That you know, it's so touching to me 14:34 that what you said is that, 14:39 if there is not someone in the home 14:41 for them to be accountable to, 14:43 you will represent that dad 14:47 and one of the things that is so critical 14:49 you had two parents to be accountable to. 14:52 Your dad who happened to be a preacher, right? 14:54 Yes, he is, absolute. 14:57 He was a very big man at that-- 14:59 He was an advent. 15:01 So having a father in the home makes such a big difference. 15:07 Absolutely. 15:08 Our men have to step up to the play and parent these boys. 15:12 These boys are desperate for a father 15:16 and if the father is not there, if they can have a mentor, 15:21 someone that can, that they-- 15:23 to whom they can be accountable, 15:24 that makes such a big difference. 15:26 I mean, it almost brings tears in my eyes 15:28 to know that you were telling your students, 15:30 I'll be that for you if you don't have it. 15:33 That's so tremendous. 15:35 I have so many children out there. 15:36 Yes, yes. That are not mine. 15:39 Yes. 15:40 That I support and really believe in. 15:43 I have paid for kids to tuition, to colleges, 15:46 that they've gone on to graduate 15:48 that I've paid out of my pocket for them to go 15:51 and become educated 15:52 and the way I see that we're going to change the communities 15:55 that we have to continue to do that. 15:56 I just, you know, I put it on the table all the time, 15:59 these parents have not done a great job whatsoever 16:03 and I'm very, very upset with them. 16:04 The men like you just stated they got men up 16:07 and do what's necessary to work with these young males. 16:11 These ladies, they have sons, they got to stop babying them 16:15 because they will stay in your house forever, 16:17 all right, they will stay there forever 16:19 and they will never be the man that God called them to be. 16:22 Absolutely. 16:23 And they won't understand the role of the man 16:27 because if mom always took care of them 16:30 then when they hook up with someone, 16:32 they're gonna be looking at her to be the provider, 16:34 that's not how God intended it to be. 16:37 That's not. 16:38 So, but a woman, I maintain this, 16:42 that a mother can do a great job with raising sons 16:46 but you need a man to teach a boy how to be a man. 16:50 Absolutely. 16:51 I can't teach my sons how to be men, but their dad could. 16:54 You know, what I mean? 16:55 So that's or mentors, someone to say 16:59 hey, I'm gonna help these boys along. 17:03 This is a critical, critical thing. 17:06 Our boys-- that's why they are joining gangs I think, 17:09 because they need that accountability 17:12 and moms are babying, you hit the nail on the head. 17:17 Babying the boys, 17:19 so that they have no clue about how to be a man. 17:21 And they will never grow up and do anything productive, 17:24 they will never do that. 17:26 And, you know, you're mentioning gangs a moment ago, 17:28 one of the things that I embrace gangs for, 17:31 not for the negativity but for the structure that they have 17:34 and the reason I say that the structure 17:35 is because they bring young people in, 17:37 they provide things that they need, 17:41 they nurture them, they give them opportunity 17:43 to be promoted in a position 17:46 and then they become leaders within that organization 17:50 and they've taught them the whole streamline 17:52 and many of us even as educators we turn our noses up 17:56 instead of embracing and learning 17:58 how we can take that energy in their structure. 18:01 Because they have a structure and it's based on reading 18:04 because they have to learn, they have to learn some things 18:06 and those same kids that will learn 18:08 and will read that information and be productive, 18:11 so we can take that energy that the gangs are getting 18:14 and we can put it in a positive spin 18:16 that work for the glory of God and work for our communities. 18:19 Yes, that is so true, so true. 18:23 If we look at the family structure 18:26 and make some changes with, you know, accountability, 18:30 make some changes with just getting our kids to study. 18:33 Turn off the television, turn off the video games, you know, 18:38 and give them some kind of incentive 18:41 to do better and to learn. 18:43 I think it could make such a big, big difference. 18:46 Our kids really want to do well 18:48 and I just say this with so much passion that I can't-- 18:52 if I go back for a movement and I just tell you, 18:55 I live with that stigma being called 18:58 functional illiterate for 30 years. 19:01 The labels that we put on these young people 19:03 begin to push them to do negative, negative things. 19:07 The labels that we talk about 19:09 will hold fast with them for the next 30 years 19:13 or 40 years or 50 years. 19:15 What I tell you, folks, that we have to watch what we're doing 19:17 and put work into action that show kids a positive spin, 19:20 to show our community a positive spin. 19:22 I live with that 19:24 until I was able to release that conversation 19:27 I've had about my functional illiteracy in jail. 19:30 I held that captive in my spirit 19:33 and though I was working with other young people 19:35 I always had that apprehension to tell that story 19:38 until one day it was like, 19:39 God said, this is the story I gave you, 19:42 so go tell everyone so that you can help them change 19:45 because believe that somebody else is dealing 19:47 with the same challenges that you've dealt with 19:49 and now they need you to come in 19:52 and help them overcome those challenges. 19:54 And so I want this mission as I travel around the country 19:58 that I see the young people 19:59 hurting in these different places 20:01 as I was hurting in that classroom. 20:02 Yeah. 20:03 And nobody was there to help me. 20:04 We got kids in these ragged schools that are daily dying 20:08 and they cry in there, please help me, 20:10 and nobody is helping them. 20:12 They are going to-- I'll reach out too many pastors 20:15 and I ask them for help and I never see, 20:18 that sometimes I never them come. 20:20 And so I'm just really, really pushing 20:23 and I will allow folks to say get involved, 20:25 we need you, I'll help you structure anything, 20:28 call me and we can make it happen. 20:29 Yeah, tell us what we can do? 20:31 Tell the viewers what they can do 20:34 to make a difference in their local school district. 20:37 If you don't have a child in a particular school 20:40 but you live in that neighborhood 20:41 you need to go sign up and say, how can I help? 20:44 Should I be here to answer the phone? 20:45 Can I come to a PTA meeting? How can I help? 20:49 If I live in that community, 20:50 whether I have a child that graduated or not 20:52 and if I do have a kid that went to school and they would, 20:55 I need my child to come back and help provide some tutoring. 20:58 I also need some people 20:59 who are very serious about change in the community 21:02 to come out and provide workshops on the weekend. 21:04 We have empowerment forums at our school 21:07 and we do it once a month 21:09 and we are bringing these experts to come in 21:12 and talk to you about healthcare, 21:14 insurance, time businesses, literacy, 21:16 we bring the library, we bring the community colleges, 21:18 we bring everybody, we have no excuses 21:20 as to why you can't be productive 21:22 and I think it takes that will. 21:24 If you can't get the whole village to work 21:27 then bring the village in one location 21:29 and then make people come there. 21:30 And so we can begin to do that by reaching out 21:33 and just being honest with the way that we are feeling 21:36 and being honest with the things 21:37 that we have dealt within our challenges 21:39 and it takes leaders to actually go 21:42 and provide the information 21:44 'cause some people don't know how to ask questions 21:47 or they don't know how to talk about those things 21:49 of which they need support then. 21:51 Yes. Yes, that is so true. 21:55 First of all let me ask you, 21:56 how many students do you have at the Richard Wright? 21:58 We have approximately 400 students. 22:00 Four hundred students. 22:03 And you had mentioned on the program before 22:07 we were just ending on the Skype program 22:09 that you have because it's a public school, 22:12 you can't have chapel or something like that. 22:17 But you do have something called Family Matters, 22:20 tell us what that is. 22:21 Family Matters for us every morning is, 22:24 we provide a routine, our kids come in, 22:27 first of all they have to turn in their homework 22:28 as they are coming in the door. 22:30 So we don't wait till they get to class 22:31 that's their check-ins. 22:32 So we don't want our kids with metal detectors or anything 22:36 'cause we're not breeding inmates, 22:38 we're breeding students. 22:39 Oh, come on now. 22:40 And so with that they turn in their homework assignments, 22:43 they come in the Family Matters and we have breakfast, 22:45 we do the pledge, we sing Lift Every Voice, 22:48 we sing Star-Spangled Banner 22:49 and then we have a moment of a positive reflection 22:52 and that's my moment of prayer essentially 22:55 that we have our moment of reflection 22:57 and kids come with the minute of things, 23:00 they'll come and say Dr. Clark, 23:01 can you ask for a positive reflection? 23:03 My kid, my cousin got shot last night 23:07 or you know such and such happened. 23:09 And lot of times it's also positive, 23:10 my grandmother graduated from college, 23:13 can we give a shot out to her? 23:14 We use that moment of time to do that. 23:17 Then we have some songs. 23:18 So in our school I let the kids choose the song 23:21 so when they want to play Christian songs, 23:23 nobody can say that I made them do it. 23:25 All right, and we were able to have that moment 23:28 and you should see what happens of that 23:32 and for doing Family Matters which is our devotional time. 23:35 You should see exactly what happens with our kids. 23:38 It changes their mindset in transition 23:41 because you would remember some of kids 23:42 have been sleeping in cold houses that night. 23:45 Some of our kids didn't have running water the night before. 23:47 Some of our kids couldn't sleep 23:49 because they had siblings all over the place 23:51 and when they come to our building 23:53 it's a place of refuge. 23:54 So the name Family Matters comes together 23:57 because we are one body 23:58 and we are one family and it matters. 24:01 That is so great. 24:02 And I know that the students 24:04 have to appreciate your passion for them 24:08 and your desire to see them achieve 24:10 because this is not just a job for you 24:13 and that's what I've picked up from 24:15 when we've talked before and during the interview. 24:19 This is not just a job for you, this is who you are? 24:23 I start my day at 4:30 every morning and I'm not finished-- 24:27 4:30? 24:28 4:30, every morning 24:30 and I'm not finished till about 9 or 10 every night. 24:33 This is a dream and I can say to all of the congregation 24:37 and anybody else that is around I can say this whole heartedly. 24:41 If you really believe in your dream 24:43 remember this is the dream God gave you 24:45 and I can honestly say dreams do come true 24:48 because my dream of opening my own school, 24:51 having kids that will go out and fix their readings, 24:55 fix their writing and begin to become pubic speakers. 24:58 My dream came true and it was all to the glory of God 25:01 because that is the dream that I ask, 25:03 I prayed for whole heartedly 25:05 and it took time to make it happen. 25:07 But he-- when it happened, oh, what a great day it was. 25:11 Yes, 'cause you dared to dream. 25:13 I dared to dream. 25:14 You dared to dream and in view of that 25:17 I have a little something for you, a little surprise. 25:20 Can you guys pass me that, please? 25:23 I have a little surprise for you 25:25 that we want to give you, from Dare to Dream. 25:29 Oh, wow. Yeah, a cap and a T-shirt. 25:34 Hey, you know what purple is like my favorite colors-- 25:37 Is it? Every time you cover color. 25:41 Royal purple-- Royal purple. 25:43 That's right, royal purple. This is awesome. 25:45 You represent what we talk about on Dare to Dream. 25:49 And that is having a dream 25:52 knowing that you're walking in your divine destiny 25:55 and then moving forward, 25:58 you know, in that destiny 26:00 'cause God has placed you where you are with this passion 26:03 and this desire and this testimony. 26:06 So I've just want to tell you 26:08 that we appreciate what you're doing so much 26:12 and I know your students do too. 26:13 And I tell you and I humbly appreciate that 26:17 and I thank you for this amazing opportunity 26:20 to just share my story 26:22 and I pray that what I've said to others will help them 26:27 and that they can continue to be positive 26:29 and that we can continue to change our community 26:31 because I know and I have in my heart 26:33 that one day we're gonna wake up 26:35 and everybody's gonna be literate. 26:39 And we won't have some of the challenges that we have. 26:41 I know it's gonna happen. 26:43 I believe it because I had a dream of the school 26:45 so if that dream could come true, 26:46 so can this other dream that I have for our community 26:49 and I'm just very proud. 26:51 We need your voice you keep it going. 26:53 Yes. 26:54 And I'm glad that you are doing it for the glory of God. 26:57 We have to because God is our all in all 27:01 and if we don't move in Him, then what's the point, right? 27:06 What's the point? What's the point? 27:08 And so we continue to do this 27:10 in our one hour our church congregation 27:13 to really, really continue to be involved 27:15 and if they need me, they can reach out to me, 27:18 I'd be glad to come and work with anybody 27:20 who wants to change. 27:21 How can they reach you? 27:22 You can go to my website at Dr.MarcoClark.com. 27:26 That's D-R-M-A-R-C-O-C-L-A-R-K.com 27:30 or they can reach me at 860-997-6602. 27:35 And we'll put that number upon the screen. 27:37 Thank you so much, Dr. Clark. Thank you so much, all right. 27:40 You've been a blessing. Thank you. 27:42 Dr. Clark has given us some valuable insight 27:44 into the current status of education in the Inner City 27:47 as well as some strategies 27:49 to impact our children's academic outlook. 27:52 Share this with your friends and family. 27:54 Let's do all that we can 27:56 to make a difference in our children's lives. 27:58 And most of all let's impact them for Christ. 28:01 Well, that's our program, thanks so much for tuning in. 28:04 Join us next time, 28:05 it's just wouldn't be the same without you. |
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