October 14 - Having the opportunity to explore the various avenues of academia is something that can be limited for students who don’t have the proper access to certain resources. Thanks to Imagine Science Day, students in many Dallas underserved communities are being given the chance to explore new areas of learning. Imagine Science Day ...
April 29 - Dallas County Cooperative Extension Agent Kristen Wells-Lewis hosted the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences Dean, Gerard D’Souza and the Farm Task Force for a “Lunch and Learn Day of Outreach” in Dallas County. The event focused on discussing best practices, farmers market, food deserts, and how Prairie View A&M University can play ...
November 26 - Most students and young people are hungry for the type of life experiences that are only achieved through real-world experiences. With this thought in mind, Prairie View A&M University's Extension Agent for the Dallas area, Marvin Young jumps at the opportunity to connect with young people in this manner. Recently, 45 young ...
May 21, 2018 - South Dallas, Texas is not the most affluent area, but it is characterized as a food desert with poor and ethnic minorities facing barriers to access grocery shopping and limited transportation. Prairie View A&M University’s Cooperative Extension Program county agents recognized a need in serving this population by offering no-cost workshops ...
Approximately twenty-four young men began blazing their trails to (young) manhood via the "Boys 2 Men" Leadership program (B2M) this past October. Thomas Haley Elementary School in Irving, TX, collaborated with the Prairie View A&M University's Cooperative Extension Program and agent Marvin Young of Dallas County to allow parents and male youth to interact, share, ...
In 2012, eight million minority-owned businesses contributed $1.38 trillion in revenue and 7.2 million jobs to the economy! In recent years, minority-owned companies have seen an increase in the last five years, but lag in terms of revenues and sales of non-minority businesses. Of the 26.9 million small-owned businesses in the US, African-Americans own only ...
National 4-H Council and Farm Credit partnered together for the sixth consecutive year to provide six Dallas County youth and one adult chaperone accompanied by CEP extension agent, Cynthia Pierfax, with the chance to experience Washington, D.C. as a part of the Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF) at the National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, ...
