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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Copied from another thread that has already discussed about this topic:

“Byron Johns is a vendor for Montgomery College IT on an annual contract that has been about $500,000 for a decade.”[/quote]

For people who aren't terminally online, who is Byron Johns?[/quote]

He was one of the leaders of the Montgomery County NAACP.  It doesn't look like he is anymore.

BUT,

Wolfe and Evans are board members of the Montgomery County Alliance of Black School Educators, as is Byron Johns.

https://mcabsemcps.org/?page_id=64

He's part of the Black and Brown Coalition:

https://www.bandbcoalition.org/about-us

They need to change their mission statement:

"The Black and Brown Coalition for Educational Equity and Excellence envisions that Black and Brown students who attend Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will have equitable access to the resources, opportunities and supports they need to be successful in college, career and life.

Our vision was born out of a 2019 resource study commissioned by MCPS that revealed glaring gaps exist in the allocation of resources to Black, Latino and low-income students. Following the release of this study, in the summer of 2019, Byron Johns (chair of the Education Committee and Parents Council for the NAACP—Montgomery County, Maryland chapter) and Diego Uriburu (executive director and co-founder of Identity, Inc.) joined forces to found the Coalition. Today, our Coalition stands more than 30 organizations strong, all advocating for quality education for MCPS’s’ Black and Brown students. We are committed to increasing educational equity for the 90,000 Black and Brown students who attend MCPS schools."

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And just what are those 30 organizations? The coalition's website is a bit thin on details...mostly this is Diego and Byron.[/quote]

https://www.bandbcoalition.org/about-us

Here are some.  Interesting they don't list all.

This is from AI:

480 Club LLC
Black and Brown Coalition for Educational Equity and Excellence
Child Trends
City of Gaithersburg
Emerging Triumphantly LLC
EveryMind
Gaithersburg Financial Empowerment Center
Gaithersburg Beloved Community Initiative
Housing Initiative Partnership, Inc.
Jewish Community Relations Council
KID Museum
KindWorks
Latin American Youth Center / Maryland Multicultural Youth Centers (MMYC)
Latino Child Care Association
Latino Health Initiative
Levine School of Music
Manhattan Strategy Group
Manna Food Center
Maryland Treatment Centers
Mind Matters Counseling LLC
Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy
Montgomery Coalition for the Homeless
Montgomery College
Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services
Montgomery County Department of Recreation
Montgomery County Food Council
Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery Village Foundation
Neighbors Rising
Nurturing Hope Counseling
Olney Theater
Parent Encouragement Program
Potomac River Keepers
Primary Care Coalition
Street Outreach Network
The Invisible Hand
Tickets for Kids
True Connection Counseling LLC
Universities at Shady Grove
University of Maryland College of Education
University of Maryland Extension Service
University of Maryland School of Public Health[/quote]

MCCPTA is a member of the Black and Brown Coalition. [/quote]

So we can assume this statement probably reflects Byron Johns and Diego Uriburu's perspectives and is not representative of the members of the Black and Brown Coalition.[/quote]

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