EDUCATION ADVOCATE WINS TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO REPRESENT MARYLAND
AT PARENTING MAGAZINE’S
MOM CONGRESS® ON EDUCATION AND LEARNING CONFERENCE
NAKIA NGWALA TO JOIN PARENTING, U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION
ARNE DUNCAN, AND ONE OUTSTANDING MOM EDUCATION ADVOCATE FROM EVERY STATE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 29th – MAY 1st
SPRINGDALE, MARYLAND, March 20, 2012 – Parenting magazine today announced that Nakia Ngwala of Springdale has been selected to represent Maryland at the third-annual Mom Congress on Education and Learning conference in Washington, D.C. this April 29th through May 1st. Ngwala was chosen for her outstanding contributions and dedication to improving local schools.
A total of fifty-one delegates, representing each state and the District of Columbia, have been selected by Parenting from a record-setting number applications submitted through Parenting.com. Each will receive an all-expense-paid trip to D.C. for the event, where they’ll have the opportunity to connect with national leaders in education, Parenting editors, and past Mom Congress delegates to exchange ideas on how to improve our nation’s schools.
“When I received the news that I was selected as a 2012 delegate to represent Maryland, I was ecstatic!” says Ngwala of her excitement to be a part of Mom Congress. “I look forward to proudly representing Maryland at the upcoming conference in April and taking back the information learned at the conference to collectively continue our work to improve our education system.”
The theme of the 2012 Mom Congress conference, “Teach Me Something New,” is dedicated to fostering the crucially important relationship between parents and their children’s teachers. For the third consecutive year, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan headlines the roster of education and advocacy leaders scheduled to address the delegates at the conference. Others scheduled to appear include NBC News’ Education Nation, First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move!, Save the Children, National PTA, National Education Association, Teach for America, and more.
In her work as an education advocate, Ngwala has pushed for education reform in early childhood education and is a staunch supporter of including high-quality, full-day prekindergarten in Congress’s reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Ngwala has worked tirelessly in her community to create mutually beneficial relationships between neighborhood schools and area businesses. Likewise, she engaged in action based dialogue with area school administrators in an effort to augment overcrowded classrooms with assistant teachers. In 2011, Ngwala was appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley to serve as a member of the Prince George’s County Citizens’ Review Board for Children.
Empowered and inspired by attending the conference, past delegates have returned to their states to create significant change in their school systems, affecting the lives of thousands of children nationwide. In 2010, delegates worked with Parenting editors at the conference to create the “Lesson Plan for Change”, a blueprint to empower parents to get more involved in their children’s education that appeared in Parenting School Years magazine and the bestselling companion guide to the documentary Waiting for Superman.
The 2011 class of delegates’ accomplishments include the creation of a nationwide book drive in support of early literacy, Books Make it Better; recognition through The White House “Champions of Change” program; the improvement of several school lunch programs across the country; and the development of new educational resources and programs in nearly every state, from early science education workshops in Florida to a new parental advocacy program, Camp Educate, in California.
Faculty members from Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies—the Mom Congress educational provider—will lead informative sessions at the conference this year, offering advocacy training workshops to help delegates take what they’ve learned and put it to work in their own communities.
Driven by the ever-increasing role that parents play in advocating for positive change in the education system, Parenting magazine launched the Mom Congress initiative in 2009 to celebrate and connect parents working to improve our nation’s schools. Each month, Parenting and Parenting.com give readers and the 25,000+ Mom Congress members updated educational news and resources to help them make a difference and bring about positive changes for students.
For more information, visit Parenting.com/momcongress.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Victoria Livadas
victoria.livadas@bonniercorp.com
T: 212.779.5312
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The Parenting Group, home of the Parenting, Babytalk and Conceive brands, reaches moms over 15 million times every month through magazines, digital media, custom content, and events. TPG’s publications include: Parenting School Years, for moms with children in kindergarten through elementary school; Parenting Early Years, for moms of infants, toddlers and preschoolers; Babytalk, for new moms and moms-to-be; and Conceive, for women trying to get pregnant. TPG’s other media properties include: the Babytalk Pregnancy Planner; the Parenting.com and ConceiveOnline.com web sites; MomConnection®, a nationally-representative online research network; and a custom content unit. The Parenting Group is a division of Bonnier Corporation.
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