My Brother's Keeper-San Antonio launches the MBKSA Education Partnership Scholarship

SAN ANTONIO - July 25, 2018 - PRLog -- My Brother's Keeper - San Antonio, in collaboration with Texas State Representative Barbara Gervin-Hawkins and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, will announce the MBKSA Education Partnership Scholarship initiative to encourage more African-American, Latino and other men of color to become teachers in the San Antonio area.  The MBKSA Education Partnership Scholarship will enable men of color, especially former college athletes, who may be un- or underemployed to pivot into careers in education to include teaching and student counseling.

The MBKSA Education Partnership provides a valuable resource to an underrepresented workforce. African-American and Latino men each account for roughly 2 percent of the K-12 workforce overall as reported by the Urban Institute in a 2017 independent study.  Across the country school district human resource offices are trying to figure out how to introduce more African-American and Latino men to positions in the classroom. Schools want faculties to represent the diverse populations students will come in contact with post graduation.  The same study shows that students internalize the assumption that immutable characteristics of race are a barrier to professional success.

On Friday, July 27th at 10am Representative Gervin-Hawkins, representatives from My Brother's Keeper San Antonio and, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas will share more about the resource grant, the application process, and what the first cohort should expect.

Media, community leaders, and interested applicants are encouraged to attend.

What: MBKSA Education Partnership Press Conference
Where: Sam Houston High School, 4635 E. Houston, San Antonio, TX 78220
When: Friday, July 27th, 10 AM - 10:30 AM
Registration:  RSVP to Uche Ogba, uche@bethanyeastpr.com

ABOUT MY BROTHER'S KEEPER SAN ANTONIO (MBKSA)

"My Brother's Keeper" in San Antonio, Texas is committed to shifting the narrative about boys and men of color, advocating for effective policy and system change, and developing the leadership & skills of African American and Latino males in San Antonio and Bexar County. Learn more about us at https://mbksa.org/mbksaeducationpartnership/.

ABOUT TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, TEXAS

Toyota has been a part of the cultural fabric in the U.S. and North America for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands. During that time, Toyota has created a tremendous value chain as our teams have contributed to world-class design, engineering, and assembly of more than 36 million cars and trucks in North America, where we operate 14 manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ more than 47,000 people (more than 37,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in the U.S.) sold more than 2.7 million cars and trucks (2.4 million in the U.S.) in 2017 – and about 87 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 16 years are still on the road today.

Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights the way it partners with community, civic, academic and governmental organizations to address our society's most pressing mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move, anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.