Reverend Al Sharpton came to Syracuse this morning, speaking to students at Nottingham High School. He spoke to students for about twenty minutes, and held a question and answer session.
Sharpton had a strong message for the students, telling them that violence is senseless. He offered his advice on how to stay away from street life, using the recent election of President Obama as an example.
“When the world told him he couldn’t do anything, he believed in himself and he became the President of the United States,” says Sharpton.
Sharpton says, “the only way programs like ‘Say Yes to Education’ will work, is if you make up your mind at this age that you are going to be somebody.”
Say Yes to Education is a program that works to increase the graduation rates for students in city schools, and raises money to help send those graduates to college.
Sharpton is in Syracuse to induct the local chapter of his National Action Network. Sharpton founded NAN in order to fight for social justice.
Daniel Lowengard, Syracuse Superintendant of Schools, says they are working to make the city schools more technologically advanced, and will be streaming Sharpton’s talk on the web. All Syracuse City Schools will be watching the assembly in their Social Studies classes.
Sharpton will be at the Tucker Missionary Baptist Church this evening to speak on self empowerment, where Lowengard says he is excited to see if Sharpton will comment on the controversial NY Post cartoon published last week.
“I was fascinated by this horrible Post cartoon and I am not sure why the kids did not ask,” says Lowengard.
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