"Opening Up New "Posse"-bilities"

asteriskea
Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:50:58 +0000

I saw this CBS news report on Lafayette College last night:

"Opening Up New “Posse”-bilities:

A Foundation Teams Up Groups Of Underprivileged Students Into “Posses” — And Success Follows"



In urban America, your posse is the group that has your back. They understand you — and that’s the concept here. This group was picked four years ago by the Posse Foundation in New York. The students are all from the inner city, almost all minority, almost all low income; and they got scholarships to go to Lafayette — together, …This is what it feels like when you come to a place you never imagined — and then succeed beyond imagination.