{"product_id":"9781947938946","title":"Bumblebees Can Fly!: Inherent Power and Inherent Resiliency Paradigm for Systematic Development and Nurturing of Resiliency in Young Men of Color and Others","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite its heavy and large body, the bumblebee is able to fly - defying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe law of aerodynamics. The bumblebee flies because its inherent power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis greater than its challenges, aerodynamics included. Like the bumblebee,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall young men of color - and all individuals - have the inherent power to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eovercome challenges and do the seemingly impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Bumblebees Can Fly: Empowering Young Men of Color, Dr. Dowdell-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderwood uses natural and social science research to explain the relationship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebetween marginalization, perceptions of mattering, and achievement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eamong young men of color. He then proffers person-centric strategies of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eengaging personal Inherent Power for the poor, and young men of color in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eorder to overcome the effects of marginalization and maximize their human\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epotential; thereby, preventing the societal loss that results when brilliant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyoung men of color fail to constructively employ their inherent power, that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis, their skill, ability, talent, will, and intellect to fulfill their burden of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrategies for parents, educators, government, policymakers, community\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eleaders, and nonprofit organizations are also discussed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1998, Dr. Dowdell-Underwood testified before the United States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCongressional Committee on Small Businesses regarding his education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estrategies for maximizing achievement among all youth, including the poor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand young men and women of color. Dr. Dowdell-Underwood challenges all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evestiges of society and particularly education to maximize not only scholastic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eachievement of young men of color, but also personal empowerment by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eengaging their inherent power and their need and desire to achieve in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeducation and to succeed in life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is also politically active - challenging educational policies that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emarginalize students, particularly poor and minority students. He believes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat all children deserve the dignity of being recognized as the \"Agents of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearning\" and not the objects of it. His unyielding commitment to education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand human development has made an unparalleled positive impact on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe numerous students who affectionately refer to him as \"Doc\" or as \"the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeducator who changed my life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Toplink Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034023477488,"sku":"9781947938946","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781947938946_p0.jpg?v=1763800723","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781947938946","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}