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Ancestry Education Project - Walker Jones Education Center Reveal Celebration

The Ancestry Education Project is an interdisciplinary learning curriculum for students that promotes science education, achievement motivation and positive psychological development.

On February 26th, 2009, ten seventh graders at the Walker Jones Education Center, the principal Jeffrey Grant, Life Sciences teacher, Matrice Johnson and World History teacher, Givonne Scarboro discovered their ancestral roots.

Find out more about the Ancestry Education Project here.

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Ancestry Education Project - Testing 7th Graders at Walker Jones Education Center

The Ancestry Education Project is an interdisciplinary learning curriculum for students that promotes science education, achievement motivation and positive psychological development.

In January 2009, ten seventh graders at the Walker Jones Education Center, the principal Jeffrey Grant, Life Sciences teacher, Matrice Johnson and World History teacher, Givonne Scarboro took part in the first of three components of the program by taking the ancestry-tracing test in the school’s science lab.

Find out more about the Ancestry Education Project here.

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Dick Gregory on the Mark Thompson Show

Comedian, social activist and writer, Dick Gregory, gets tested in the Make It Plain with Mark Thompson Show on Sirius Radio.

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National Black Arts Festival Marketplace 2008

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the African Ancestry Booth at the National Black Arts Festival Marketplace in Atlanta to meet with us and our partner, Africare.

 

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College Bound California Reveal

College Bound California is an organization that has been preparing young people to succeed in college. In 2007, Executive Director, Johnnie Savoy integrated ancestry tracing into College Bound California's Rites of Passage program. Today, her 60 high school seniors now know their roots!

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India.Arie Reveal at the National Black Arts Festival 2007

African Ancestry and the National Black Arts Festival partnered to launch the DNA Project. India.Arie was among the hundreds of people who traced their ancestry as a part of the DNA Project in 2007.