Indiana
Community Link: Supporting educational development in young people
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Each week on Community Link, Carolene Mays takes a look at an organization or business that is making a positive impact on the community.
This week, Mays was joined by Robert Jackson, an Indianapolis native and best-selling author of seven books, including his latest, “Mothers Raising Sons.”
Jackson travels around the world, speaking and presenting a curriculum to help schools and organizations, aid and support the youth.
Jackson reflects on his upbringing in Brightwood, noting his observations of how educators engaged with children, particularly Black and Hispanic boys, and how he found those interactions troubling.
“I saw educators interacting with our kids, especially our black and Hispanic males who are the most suspended kids in the school systems across the U.S. and Canada. So, I decided to be a part of the solution Instead of the problem,” he said. “I wanted to put some workshops together to try to teach educators how to educate, activate, and motivate our kids to be great. And it just turned into this big conglomerate of doing keynotes and speaking all over the world now. So that wasn’t my plan, but I embrace it.”
Before becoming a best-selling author and speaking globally to educators, Jackson briefly played in the NFL. In the mid-90s, he found himself “limping into a classroom” at Arlington High School to begin his teaching career.
“Here I am broken, just got cut, and now I’m teaching kids who are coming from broken backgrounds and you know, a person giving you advice has their own set of shortcomings, but it doesn’t mean they can’t give you the piece that you’re missing,” he said. “So I started teaching and coaching at Arlington and I just went as I was and you know, started connecting with kids and started building from there and started going around and working with schools in the Indianapolis area.”
Jackson developed a curriculum called “No More Excuses,” founded on the belief that every problem has a solution.
“I just wanted to put some curriculums together. It’s gonna teach educators how to connect with kids, but also how to connect with yourself. I believe self-care is extremely important, and educators have to connect with yourself before you connect with anybody else. The best love is self-love,” he said.
Jackson also discusses his latest book, “Mothers Raising Sons,” which explores various strategies mothers can use to connect with their sons during challenging times.
Watch the full interview above to learn more.
RIPLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for two young children in Indiana.
Police in Ripley County, southeast of Indianapolis, are looing for the children who may be siblings.
The first child is 3-year-old Aaliyah Buckingham.
She was last seen wearing a pink cat shirt and tie-dye shorts.
The younger child is 1-year-old Shane Buckingham, last seen in a red shirt and diaper.
Police think both are with 45-year-old Timothy Buckingham, who was last seen driving a brown GMC truck.
Timothy is described as a 6′ 3″ white man weighing 225 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
Photo of Timothy Buckingham provided by Indiana State Police
Police have not confirmed the relationship of the three, or why the children are believed to be in danger.
Anyone who sees the three are asked to contact the nearest police department.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A firefighter for the Indianapolis Fire Department was sent to the hospital Wednesday after battling a fire at a vacant house.
According to a Facebook post made by IFD, the fire happened around 10:15 a.m. at a house on Bluff Rd. IFD says that there were several complications, including limited access to fire hydrants and “interior hoarder conditions” that IFD says was due to squatters.
The injured firefighter received “slight injury,” the Facebook post said.
It took over an hour and a half to get the fire under control, according to IFD, and another hour to put out all the remaining hot spots in the building.
According to IFD, the cause of the fire is currently unknown. Their Fire Investigations Unit is working on figuring out what caused the fire.
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