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Vocation Speaker-in-Residence:
"Sweet Alice" Harris, April 20
Sweet Alice, Executive Director of Parents of Watts in Los Angeles, presides over more than 15 programs that operate on a shoestring, combining contracts and support from community businesses. POW provides emergency food and shelter for the homeless; conducts health seminars; provides legal and drug counseling; promotes harmony among Hispanics, Koreans, and blacks; operates a program for unwed mothers; and prepares young people for the job market and for college.
Sweet Alice and her staff help parents become effective supporters of their children. She attends many INdividualized Education Programs and often acts as a problem-solver between schools and families. When faced with uncooperative parents, teacheres, or administrators, she is famous for turning to them and rhetorically demanding, "Do you want to be part of the building crew or the wrecking crew?"
Most of the youngsters who attend the programs apply to college, and most are admitted. More than 120 potential dropouts who were helped by POW have gone on to higher education, and dozens have earned degrees. Sweet Alice herself, over the years and course by course, has acquired a degree from California State University, Dominguez Hills.
You may recognize Sweet Alice from ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
Visit Schedule
Wednesday, April 20 |
| 9:50 a.m. |
Chapel – guest speaker |
10 p.m. |
Communion Worship Service - guest speaker
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