One Day Teach For America Alumni Magazine

Spring 2008

Profile

Profile Power to the People Industrial Areas Foundation organizer Mark Fraley (S. Louisiana '92) is crossing boundaries and uniting communities in the fight for a better Wisconsin. Read full story

Inner Workings

Take Five Rallying the Troops
A closer look at Teach For America's relentless recruitment team. Read full story

PERSPECTIVES

PerspectivesWhat I Learned By Losing By losing his first political campaign, Mark D. Levine (N.Y.C. '91) learned everything he needed in order to win. Read full story

FROM THE FIELD

From the FieldOne Teacher's Special Education For Tanisha Knatt (S. Louisiana '99), her corps placement in special education became a lifelong calling. Read full story

TAKE FIVE

From the FieldExhibit education manager Bella Desai (Bay Area ’98) takes on dinosaurs and dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Read full
story

ARCHIVES

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Cover Story

Cover Story

Brave New World
A bold vanguard of Teach For America alumni are rising into positions of influence in politics and policy. As elected school board members in their local districts, Layla Avila (L.A. '97), Sekou Biddle (N.Y.C. '93), Tina Hone (Bay Area '92), and Natasha Kamrani (Houston '91) are redefining educational priorities. In a roundtable conversation moderated by David R. Gergen, these four alumni reflect on the price and the payoff of having a seat at the political table.
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Alumni Stories

Advocate

Advocate
Rural doctor Michael Wollner (Houston '91) finds family practice is perfect in the Cascade Mountains. Read full story


Innovator

Innovator
Led by Tim Gamory (N.Y.C. '95) and Trent Stamp (E. North Carolina '93), Charity Navigator helps savvy donors spend smarter. Read full story

Other Highlights

Ting Yu

A New Platform for Change
Letter from One Day editor in chief, Ting Yu Read more


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