Guest Speaker, Best Selling Author, Dr. Michael Gurian
2019 Restoring Our Community Banquet
by Rondalyn Abode
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ach year we have the opportunity to tell the community about the things God has done in and through Crossover Community Impact: the StreetLeader Program, the Crossover Kids Program, Crossover Health Services, Crossover Development Company, and last but not least Crossover Preparatory Academy! We call this event the “Annual Restoring Our Community” Banquet, and this year was no different. The banquet was at the Greenwood Cultural Center, and you could feel the immenseness of God’s love for our community. I think this is something we take for granted, but 2019 was truly a year to celebrate for Crossover where we were well aware of God’s grace towards us! Dr. Michael Gurian talked about the differences in the ways that male and female brains work. It was clear that the distinction was not about “right or wrong,” but instead, it was about acknowledging the differences. Crossover Prep Academy has gained the most from Dr. Gurian’s brain research, and it was because of his book, Saving Our Sons, that we added the element of “competition” to the school. This competition is so great that middle school boys are waking up early on Saturday mornings to work on math! They do not want to let their team down, and they want to advance as well because of this seemingly small change that is based on neurobiology!
2019 was truly a year to celebrate for Crossover Where we were well aware of God’s grace! -<Rondalyn ABode Our Executive Director, Justin Pickard, talked about the need to support the Crossover Kids STEAM-based After-School and Summer Enrichment Program at Hawthorne Elementary School and the closely related program, the StreetLeader Program, that hires high school students to mentor, counsel, and tutor the elementary-aged students. These programs are where we invest
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