greatness), not only does our
life become amazing, but also
we plant seeds for others and
become real life examples
that their lives can also be
amazing!
And LaToniya’s life IS amazing!
She is the Founder/Executive
Director
of
P.O.W.E.R.
(Presenting Opportunities
Winning Effectual Results)
ORGANIZATION aka Power
Org MATH, administrator/
teacher in higher education,
an educational consultant,
mentor, and future author.
In addition to expanding
her reach with POWER Org
Math, she is finalizing the first
handbook in a series titled
“Well, Refresh My Math!”
POWER Org Math is an
educational 501c3 organization
that LaToniya founded to help
youth ages 4-18 see, say, and
succeed with math through
participation in math clubs,
annual events, and family
focused programs.
The mission is to embrace,
engage,
and
empower
at-risk youth ages 4-18 in
Metropolitan communities
to increase their confidence,
competency, and proficiency
with math.
I found early in my academic
career that I was able to help
classmates make meaningful
math connections and wanted
to do the same with children
within my reach.
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AMAZING WOMEN SPEAK!
In a world where girls
are usually left out of the
math discussion, LaToniya
encourages girls to lean in and
run towards math. Collaborate
with other women who use
math fluently in their careers
in order to broaden your
options, grow more rapidly
and consistently.
But math is hard!
I have never been good at
math!
Because you had problems in
the past with math, does not
mean you cannot learn math.
This is one of the biggest
misconceptions surrounding
math today. Often times it’s
a minor misconception or
past experiences with an
intimidating instructor that
feeds this fear of or disconnect
with math.
Math is one of those
unexpected opportunities in
life that when embraced and
mastered can change your
life forever. Opportunities
are all around us and are
God’s communication to
show us possible pathways in
which to take. Mathematics
creates an infinite number
of opportunities and when
opportunities are afforded,
outside of the norm, doors
are opened.
And doors are flying open
for LaToniya and POWER Org
Math.
FROM THE POWER ORG
MATH BLOG:
www.amazingwomannetwork.com
Our Founder and Executive
Director, LaToniya A. Jones,
has been in the Limpopo
Province collaborating with
Mr. Munienge Mbolia and
the Science Foundations
department at the University of
Venda (UNIVEN) to prepare for
the POWER Org Math - South
Africa GMI launch, Math Clubs
and special Math Affairs since
Sunday, March 23, 2014.
100 learners in grades 10-11
worked collaboratively to build
bridges, rotate to small group
sessions for introductions to
binary coding, html language,
tossing balls to simplify radical
expressions and factorization
(factorization), graphing and
geometry bingo, French, and
more during the What’s the
Math in This? mini-conference.
Sessions were led by Senior
Math Ambassadors and
UNIVEN lecturers.
The initial 6 months of the
GMI for POWER Org Math
- South Africa will be hosted
in the Milton Mpfumedzeni
Secondary School for learners
(students) in grades 10-12.
The school is located in the
Limpopo Province (Lukalo
Village, near Thohoyandou).
We have already received
notice about others who are
interested in this experience for
their learners.
For more information, you
can visit POWER Org Math
on FaceBook or at www.
powertheyouth.org
Written by Crystal Gunn