Press Journal
Wildes interested in Congress run
Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes speaks to students at Dwight Morrow High School.
ENGLEWOOD - Mayor Michael Wildes expressed a desire to run for Congress as he spoke to students at Dwight Morrow High School on Friday, Dec. 8.
He did not offer any specifics of when he might run or who he might run against. The mayor's address to the high school students was part of a lecture series sponsored by the Circles of Color (COC) Community Foundation at Dwight Morrow High School.
Mayor Wildes discussed his life path as he encouraged students to strive to make the most out of their lives.
"Be a good person. Have re-spect for your parents. If you're not fortunate, take stock of the fortune you have. Be ready for opportunity. Be ready to roll," was among the advice Mayor Wildes offered. He told his life story and the story of the hero in the shoe bomber case, who ran into difficulty with the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service after this Canadian basketball player overpowered the shoe bomber and prevented a catastrophe from occurring on this trans-Atlantic flight.
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The COC Community Lecture Series is a college motivational series geared to future first generation college students. First generation college students are students whose parents have had little or no college or university experience.
This one-hour COC Community Lecture Series has been carried out for three years sponsored by the COC Community Foundation and integrated directly into the Dwight Morrow High School AVID Program (9th and 10th Grade). AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is an academic support program for grades 4-12 that prepares students for college eligibility and success. It places academically average students in advanced classes and uses its own unique curriculum to give them the skills they need to succeed.
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