Pencils of Promise Appoints Kailee Scales Chief Executive Officer
NEW YORK, June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Pencils of Promise (PoP), the for-purpose education organization whose mission is to support access to quality education for children around the world, today announced the appointment of Kailee Scales as CEO effective July 1, 2021. Kailee, a long-time advocate of equity in educational opportunities, has committed her career to mission-driven work across the globe, holding prior leadership roles with ThinkFree Global Strategies, Black Lives Matter Global Network, Teach for America, Engender Health, The Climate Group, iMentor International and Jumpstart for Young Children.
Medium OpEd Information is Power, Disinformation is Dangerous.
This time, let’s do this.
We can all agree that this time is different. The horror is different. The awakening is different. The response is different.
The collective shock and trauma of witnessing a figure of authority nonchalantly, yet brutally murder an unarmed man has changed all of us. Forever.
Kailee Scales OpEd on Ozy.com
THE PANDEMIC IS DEVASTATING TO BLACK PEOPLE. HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT
For decades, we have been fighting to improve the material conditions of our lives. We have fought against and worked to overcome systemic racism, economic inequality and mass incarceration. Now, during a global pandemic, the impact of this bias is clearer than ever.
This virus is devastating to us. We are the essential workers who keep the country going; we are the mail carriers, delivery personnel, transportation providers and hospital workers. We cannot just #stayhome. Yet, we represent the vast majority of COVID-related deaths in Chicago, Louisiana and Michigan — Black people are dying at rates that are two and three times our population share — and that is only what we know right now. These numbers will increase as the virus continues to engulf our vulnerable communities.