The Conspiracy of Care continues.

Apparently the first presentation of the Wheelock-Atlas program, on the Eagle Academy for Young Men in New York City has had a lasting effect on many of the attendees.
Atlas and Ron Walker will soon be sharing news about a special program in June involving the heads of several all male schools.
In the meantime, George Duncan, an attendee at the series, is planning to start an all boys after school program in Dorchester this September. It will be for boys in grades 1st through 5th.
George’s background is diverse; he has been in law enforcement and education, and is an ordained minister. He sees all these experiences leading to opening of the Eagle’s Nest Learning Center.
In particular it was Geoge’s middle school boys who seemed to want to hang around his room at the end of the day that encouraged him to formalize things. This led to the creation of an all boys, after school program, called Boys On a Mission at the Mary Curley Middle School in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, aimed at supporting the academic, social, and moral development of adolescent males. It was a great success and turned George to full time efforts at designing and finding the resources for an after school all male program.

Besides teaching in Boston, George has worked at three different after school programs and feels he knows what needs to be offered.
The Eagle’s Nest Learning Center (ENLC) will work on academics focusing on reading and math, but will also have a character building component.
Personally I’ve always considered education a lay ministry and George is pulling it all together.
I’ll try to update you on his progress.