Highlights from Symposium 2008

Symposium 2008 brought together more than 600 parental choice supporters from coast to coast in New Orleans, La., to engage in conversations and networking opportunities to continue the fight for quality educational options for Black children.

Parental Choice: The Voice of Our Future was this year's symposium theme. Parental choice supporters spent two days (Feb. 28-29) focusing on how to inspire, inform and empower parents, students, educators, elected officials, emerging leaders, clergy, and donors as the struggle continues to improve educational options nationwide.

Participant comments range from, "this is the best conference I've been to in 20 years," to high school students getting excited about college and boldly declaring, "I'm going to college next year!"

Participants' activities ranged from tours at some of Louisiana's high quality private and charter schools, a town meeting with Gov. Bobby Jindal, workshops on leadership, mobilization, quality educational options and academic excellence to volunteering at a neighborhood clean-up to help rebuild New Orleans to the grand finale, the Symposium's annual Chairman's Dinner. Check out pictures from Symposium 2008 below.