Chandra Pitts
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Chandra G. Pitts is the founder, president, and CEO of One Village Alliance, a global, social justice and education nonprofit.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Pitts is the child of a Mexican-born mother and an African-American father. Pitts grew up in a poor, "non-multicultural" part of southern New Jersey.[1][2] As a child, she experienced complexities[clarification needed] relating to her cultural and ethnic identity.[1]
Pitts began her career in Jamaica, educating youth whose parents could not afford their education. In 2008, Pitts developed the largest school-based mentoring program in the Christina School District. The next year, she became the founding President and CEO of The Village Learning Center, a program meant to bring learning to underachieving students.[3][4] This program was adopted by the Delaware Department of Education and the New Jersey Department of Education and has been implemented in 42 schools.[3]
The programs that Pitts developed use a gender-specific approach to healthy youth development, with a focus on Black and Hispanic families.[3][5] She is one of the leaders in Delaware's responsible fatherhood movement.[3]
Pitts was appointed as a Commissioner on the Delaware Commission for Women.[3]
Awards and honors
[edit | edit source]- 2012: Honored at the United Nations Global Women's Empowerment Forum[3]
- 2012: NAACP Youth Impact Award[3]
- 2015: Glamour (magazine) Hometown Heroes[6]
- 2016: Hall of Fame of Delaware Women[7]
- 2020: Delaware's Women in Business
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