Keynote Speaker Dr. William Bradshaw, MMEP Board Chair Elona Street-Stewart, MMEP Executive Director Carlos Mariani

This conference did more than just introduce the report. The conference convening was instrumental in bringing key people together in workshops to share information and ideas and to form connections; all to facilitate the improvement of our educational system for students of color in Minnesota.

Special thanks to our conference sponsors:

Minnesota Office of Higher Education

Travelers Foundation

Carlson Companies

General Mills Community Action

The Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation

Securian Foundation


 CollegeReadiness-SOSOC2006.pdf  
College Readiness Presentation
 ItascaGroup-SOSOC2006.pdf  
Itasca Project "Close the Gap" Presentation
  C. Mariani Conference Speech