November 19, 2010

Mayor Jay Williams

City of Youngstown
26 S. Phelps St.
Youngstown, OH 44503
RE: Black Community Education Summit
Dear Mayor Williams:
Thank you for agreeing to Co-Convene this historic Black Community Education Summit. Your
leadership on this particular issue is paramount to the success of the new State Plan for Youngstown
City Schools and its impact on the Black African Descendant Student. This Summit is designed for
the “collective” Black community to take the lead role in helping Black students achieve socially and
academically.
The Co-Conveners listed on the attached page have committed to the December 4, 2010 Summit.
The Summit will be held at Youngstown State University in the Ohio Room at Kilcawley Center.
Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., and the program will start promptly at 9 a.m. Only Co-Conveners
will be permitted to participate; all will be notified in advance that this is a “no complaining, no
lamenting, no grandstanding, ego-less” positive-actionable Summit.
An outline of the Strategies of Solutions actionable agenda is being prepared and will be ready for the
Summit. Enclosed is a copy of the new State Plan for Youngstown City Schools, and a copy of
Youngstown City Schools 2010 Report Card. A copy of the new State Teachers’ Contract will be
forwarded as soon as it has been ratified by the Academic Distress Commission and the State
Attorney General.
Again, thank you for your continued support and participation.
Sincerely,

Jimma McWilson
Community Campaign Organizer
Encl: Ohio State Plan for Youngstown City Schools
Youngstown City Schools 2010 Report Card
 BLACK AFRICAN DESCENDANT
COMMUNITY EDUCATION SUMMIT
WHO: RESTRICTED TO CO-CONVENERS ONLY
Mayor Jay Williams
F.A.M.I.L.Y. Empowerment Student Achievement Institute
Parent Student Union
Baptist Pastors’ Council
Afrikan Village of Youngstown, OH
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
Mosque #9
Grace Evangelistic Temple
Price Memorial AME Zion Church
St. Andrews AME Church
Word Church of Faith
Black Educators’ Association
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Coalition of Black Women
Marcus Garvey Association
Northeast Homeowners’ & Concerned Citizens’ Association
A. Phillip Randolph Association/Warren
McGuffey Center
KenCare Education Training Center, LLC
NAACP
Warren-Youngstown Urban League
FGLL Contracting
A. Gillam & Associates, Inc.
YSU Africana Studies
Brother K, Community Historian
YSU Black Alumni
Your Heating & Plumbing Co.
Tracey & Friends Radio Show
The Bottom Line Radio Co-Host, Jeff Green & Clarence Boles
School Board Member, Andrea Mahone
School Board Member, Richard Atkinson
Former School Board President, Michael Write
Community Activist, Joe Teague
Community Activist, Rose Carter
The Buckeye Review
Newport Block Watch
United With A Purpose, Inc.
Educe Group, Inc.
Harambee
Concerned Parents Institute of Higher Learning
Nulnspiration Designs
4 Square Block Watch
Black Knights Association

WHEN: DECEMBER 4, 2010 WHERE: YSU KILCAWLEY CENTER -- OHIO ROOM

TIME: 8:30 AM - Registration