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from 2012 October Lakewood

HOLY HENDERSON

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Wilkinson Center celebrates 30 years with Black and White Gala

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Pearnetta Perry lost her job when her employers learned she couldn’t read or write and did not have a GED. Out of work, the East Dallas woman, for the ﬁrst time in her 50 some years, sought a handout in the form of food from the Wilkinson Center pantry. It was there that she saw an announcement with these letters: GED. She asked someone to read it for her. It was a notice about a pre-GED class. Perry enrolled later that week. That is how the Wilkinson Center works, by offering people ways to help themselves. Wilkinson Center opened after Rev. Clayton Lewis of the former Munger Place United Methodist Church saw a child rooting through garbage for something to eat. Since then, Wilkinson Center has grown into an organization that helps individuals and families pull themselves out of poverty. The center serves about 40,000 people a year with emergency food and shelter, counseling, after-school programs and adult education. Many out-of-work people in our neighborhood wind up at the Wilkinson Center food pantry, where they can take home food when grocery money has run out. Others, like Perry, say the organization has changed their lives. At the annual Black and White Gala, Saturday, Nov. 3 at Dallas Contemporary, 161 Glass, The Wilkinson Center celebrates 30 years. Guests will enjoy music by James Fabriano and Elizabeth Farrell, dinner by Wendy Krispin Catering and a live auction. Individual tickets start at $175, and all probeneﬁt the Wilkinson Center programs. Purchase tickets and learn more at wilkinsoncenter.org.

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When Miguel Gonzalez took a job overseeing student retention at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, he went looking for a self-help book he could show students. “There were some things on what universities can do to help students graduate, but there was not manual, no how-to for the average student,” Gonzalez says. So Gonzalez decided to write the book, Finish In 4: 10 Steps to Graduating College in 4 Years. “There’s a lot of energy and resources to help students get to college and make the transition from high school to college,” he says. But not much is available to help guide students through college. Only about half of students who enter college as freshmen graduate in four years. Gonzalez himself had 143 credits upon graduation, when he only needed 120. Those extra 23 hours were time and money wasted, he says. Gonzalez started writing the book while he was still in Pennsylvania, but then his wife’s job took them to Arizona and then Dallas. He finished the book last year and published it in March under the company he already owned, Muckraker Media, which had published promotional materials and websites. Gonzalez is planning four other titles in the “Finish in 4” series. Next are books for veterans and students who are parents. He also plans books specifically geared toward first-generation college students and minorities. So what are these 10 steps for graduating in four years? Gonzalez clued us in on a few of them. First, have a plan for graduating in four years. In high school, everything is prescribed. Students go to class, and if they show up and do the work, then after four years, they graduate. Many incoming students don’t realize they need to plan how many classes to take each semester to graduate on time. Next, students should take advantage of counseling and find a mentor in college. “Most people don’t seek a guide,” Gonzalez says. “You don’t want to go on safari alone. You hire a guide to take you because you’ve never been there before.”

—Rachel Stone

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2012 October Lakewood