Leaving No One Behind: How Education Moved an African American Family from the Fields of Poverty to Living the American Dream will share the following:
- Good interpersonal family communication being the most important aspect when trying to reach agreements as to how to get the resources to fund college education
- How successful African American families who themselves have used the "bootstrap" philosophy to escape poverty are encouraged to reach back and provide assistance to struggling young students
- Examples and evidence that by earning a college education, one can overcome their poverty status
The role and importance of the community church, in many ways, when considering college education
