TFA History
This year would have marked Teach for America’s 30th year birthday.
What is the Year 2021
This TFA staff member joined the South Louisiana Corps in 2018.
Who is Sabreen Thorn?
Unlike other states that use counties, this unusual naming convention distinguishes Louisiana’s district divisions.
What is a parish?
This board member was the founder of Bridge Academy and later became the Principal of IDEA Bridge.
Who is Chole Wiley?
This city is the capital and most populous city of the state of Georgia and also the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr.
What is Atlanta?
This was a special event in December 1989, where a college senior had a big idea to address a national teacher shortage and dire academic issues for low-income kids that had not improved in a century.
What is the year TFA was founded?
The hometown of this TFA Staff member is Kingsland, Georgia.
Who is Taylor Anderson?
This was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and between $97.4 billion to $145.5 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans
What is Hurricane Katrina?
This Board member was a teacher for seven years before they joined South Louisiana Corps in 2018.
Who is Dominique Dallas?
A public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963.
What is the “I have a Dream” Speech?
This is a charge to "enlist, develop, and mobilize as many as possible of our nation's most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence."
What is TFA’s stated mission
When asked, “Do you or your family have a ‘motto’ or mantra”, this TFA staff member replied, “Try your best, be kind.”
Who is Jeffrey Fingerman?
In 2021, this statistical number was 4.624 million.
What was the population of Louisiana?
When asked, “Do you or your family have a “motto” or mantra?, this board member responded, “My grandad likes to say that our family motto is "Always save room for dessert."
Who is Matthew Fairbrother?
This was Martin Luther King's first occupation.
What is a Baptist Minister?
In 1990, Teach for America launched with 489 corps members in these regions. Name one!
What is New York, Los Angeles, Eastern North Carolina, South Louisiana, or rural Georgia?
When asked “What are two or three hobbies you enjoy”, this TFA staff member replied “Cooking, golf, learning to read tarot cards.”
Who is Laura Vinsant?
This is the year or date that Louisiana became the 18th state of the United States.
What happened on April 30, 1812?
When asked, “What is one of your secret talents?”, this board member responded, “I can name all the states in alphabetical order."
Who is Alicia Carelus?
On October 14, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. won this great honor and distinction for combating racial inequity through nonviolent resistance.
What is a Nobel Peace Prize?
In 1989, this college senior was trying to figure out how to improve public education in the US. For her senior thesis, she proposed creating a national teaching corps that would recruit recent college grads to teach in needy schools. One year later, she launched the nonprofit, Teach for America.
Who is Wendy Kopp?
When asked “If you could be any animal, what would you be and why”, this TFA staff member replied, “River otters as they are swimmers and can be on land and are extremely strong and able to crack open shells."
Who is Marie Mullen?
Thomas Jefferson sent this Mississippi Territorial Governor to New Orleans to formally accept the transfer of Louisiana from France to the United States. He was assisted by General James Wilkinson in administering the territory until the President named him the first Governor of the Territory of Orleans which is now the state of Louisiana. He held the office of Territorial Governor through the admission of Louisiana to the Union in 1812.
Who is Governor William C. C. Claiborne?
When asked “What’s your claim to fame?” this board member's response was that they dated Michael Cooper's son, who is also Magic Johnson's godson.
Who is Nicole Rose?
This was Martin Luther King's first name before he changed it to Martin.
Who is Michael?