Holidays

Happy Father’s Day from GCP!

Happy Father's Day from GCP! To all of the dads who are guiding and supporting your sons, your daughters, and any other children you’re helping to raise and mold, we salute and appreciate you! I hope that you’ve spent the day being celebrated; you deserve it. To all the single moms, whom we all know hold it down as [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:55:41-04:00June 19th, 2022|Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Happy Father’s Day from GCP!

Moms: Thank You For Your Service

  Happy Mother's Day!   To all the moms, stepmoms, bonus moms, godmothers, favorite aunties (real and play), all you women who are devoted caregivers to children, thank you for your service!!!! Thank you for your caring, your devotion, your going beyond what is expected and understanding what is needed, for doing things you never thought you'd want or have [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:56:37-04:00May 9th, 2021|Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Parents, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Moms: Thank You For Your Service

What To America Is The Fourth of July?

On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a keynote address at an Independence Day celebration and asked, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?".  He acknowledged the Founding Father's ideals of freedom, but lamented that these ideals were painfully hypocritical in light of the existence of slavery in the U.S. Five young descendants of Douglass recently gathered [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:57:20-04:00July 4th, 2020|Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on What To America Is The Fourth of July?

Let’s Focus on African American History Beyond Juneteenth

Did you celebrate Juneteenth with your family this year?  My father's family is from Texas, so I grew up hearing about Juneteenth celebrations from Texas relatives, but my family didn't celebrate it in NYC.  Fast forward to yesterday–Juneteenth celebrations were everywhere!  Some companies gave their employees the day off, social media exploded with Juneteenth graphics, memes and hashtags, and [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:57:49-04:00June 20th, 2020|Ages 16-18, Books, Cultural, Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Resources, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Let’s Focus on African American History Beyond Juneteenth

Thoughtful Thursday: Memorial Day Gratitude

Memorial Day is a few days away.  While we are usually celebrating it as summer's official start, this year it makes much more sense to think about what the holiday is really about:  honoring those who have died during war while serving the U.S.  Honoring our war heroes. These days our war heroes have expanded beyond members of the [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:57:49-04:00May 21st, 2020|Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Cultural, Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Resources, Thoughtful Thursday, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Thoughtful Thursday: Memorial Day Gratitude

Happy Mother’s Day from GCP!!!

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms, Grandmothers, Aunties, Godmothers and Bonus Moms from GCP!!! Hope your Mother's Day is filled with people you love, things you love to do, and gratitude from the children and others that you love to do things for. To honor you all, we offer two poems, both by the beloved Maya Angelou (1928-2014). [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:57:50-04:00May 10th, 2020|Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Cultural, Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Parents, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Happy Mother’s Day from GCP!!!

Homebound Easter Sunday Celebrations

Tomorrow is Easter Sunday, and as we all know it will be celebrated this year in ways unlike any other.  Social distancing requires us to stay out of churches and cancel family gatherings, and we will be spending Easter at home with whatever members of our family with whom we have been isolating.   Here are a few home bound [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:58:27-04:00April 11th, 2020|Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Cultural, Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Homebound Easter Sunday Celebrations

Thoughtful Thursday: HBD, Dr. MLK!!

Happy Belated Birthday to Dr. King! While we as a nation will officially celebrate on Monday, we should not forget (or let our children forget) that January 15th was his actual birthday. Today's Thoughtful Thursday will break from our normal poetry/inspirational quotes offering to ask: How are you planning to commemorate Dr. King's holiday?  Here are an assortment of [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:58:54-04:00January 16th, 2020|Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Books, Cultural, Featured, Holidays, Resources, Thoughtful Thursday, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Thoughtful Thursday: HBD, Dr. MLK!!

Thoughtful Thursday: Soon It Will Be Christmas Day!!

In less than a week Christmas will be here!  In celebration, today's Thoughtful Thursday brings some of our favorite Christmas poetry.  First we have the glorious "Christmas Carol" from Paul Laurence Dunbar,  followed by the delightful "[little tree]" by e.e. cummings.  We end with the traditional crowd favorite, "Twas the Night Before Christmas", which, depending upon which scholars you [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:58:54-04:00December 19th, 2019|Cultural, Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Thoughtful Thursday, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Thoughtful Thursday: Soon It Will Be Christmas Day!!
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