I was blessed to accompany my daughter, DAvia Henry-Peyton, along with Jordan Jefferson, Courtland Brown, Krystal Jackson, and Taylor White of Jackson Public Schools, Dominique Stowers and Lamecha Manning from Mississippi School of Arts, and Destinee Crenshaw of Pearl High School to the National Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) Competition in Las Vegas, Nevada which took place July 17-20th. The program includes 26 categories of competition in the sciences, humanities, business, and performing and visual arts. It was truly inspiring to be among over 600 gifted youth from around the country who competed in these categories. The dynamic young people from Mississippi participated in the following categories of the contest: Dance, Dramatics, Drawing, Medicine & Health, Music Vocal Classical and Contemporary, Oratory, Painting, and Poetry in which Krystal Jackson received a silver medal in Classical Voice. ACT-SO is a major youth initiative of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Founded in 1978, by renowned author and journalist, Vernon Jarrett, ACT-SO provides a forum through which youth of African descent demonstrate academic, artistic, and scientific prowess and expertise, thereby gaining the same recognition often only reserved for entertainers and athletes. ACT-SO is rooted in the firm conviction that African-Americans can succeed and compete at the same or superior levels as their counterparts in classrooms, boardrooms, and laboratories across this nation and abroad. The mission of ACT-SO is to prepare, recognize, and reward youth of African descent who exemplify scholastic and artistic excellence.
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 19:30:51 +0000
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