...TYPP ...Michigan

YPP Michigan

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History:
The Michigan Young People's Project program is a part of a larger Mathematics Literacy Project in South Eastern Michigan, centered in Washtenaw County. The specific YPP work expanded after 5 students attended the Summer 2007 College Math Literacy Worker (CMLW) Training in Chicago, with support from the University of Michigan's (UM) College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) and School of Education. Throughout the remainder of the summer and the fall of 2007, the five worked with advisers and colleagues in the LSA, Education, the Residential College, and Project Community to model YPP for the Mathematics Literacy Project and began solidifying community connections.

The UM Office of the Provost and LSA began to fund the work of the CMLWs in August 2007 and as of January 2008, CMLWs were training MLWs at Cesar Chavez Academy High School in Southwest Detroit, working with a group of students in Ypsilanti through Eastern Michigan University's (EMU) GEAR UP, and facilitating an occasional workshop at Second Baptist Church in Ann Arbor, as a part of the church's Academic Achievement Program. UM and EMU sent 3 students to Chicago's Summer CMLW training in 2008. In the Summer of 2008 YPP-Michigan worked with the Summer Camps at Ann Arbor Community Center, EMU GEAR UP, and Second Baptist Church of Ypsilanti.

2009-2010 Update:

YPP-MI CMLW facilitated workshops with 3 MLW hubs this summer: Willow Run, Wayne Memorial and Ypsilanti Algebra Project. This fall, MLW will train at a total of 7 hubs in preparation for Michigan's first Flagway League with tournaments beginning in late Winter 2010.

Also this summer, 5 YPP-MI staff traveled to various sites around the country (Jackson, MS, Boston, MA, Chicago, IL & Joshua Tree, Califormia) to learn about the Flagway League, advocacy & policy, the Algebra Project and how to be a YPP Trainer.

Morghan (CMLW) and Solomon (MLW)

at 1st YPP High School Campus Day '08

YPP-MI is rapidly growing. Please see list of MLW hubs and Program Sponsors below:

MLW Hubs:

Detroit: Cesar Chavez Academy & Cooley High Schools

Ypsilanti: Willow Run, Ypsilanti, and Lincoln Senior High Schools

Ann Arbor: Arrowwood Hills Community Center

Wayne: Wayne Memorial High School

Program Sponsors:

The University of Michigan: Office of the Provost, College of Literature, Sciences and the Arts,

GEAR UP, and Project Community

Eastern Michigan University: GEAR UP and Bright Futures